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PM readies aid for Myanmar
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 16/01/2024
» The government is considering providing widespread humanitarian assistance to support vulnerable populations in Myanmar and hosting talks with the Myanmar leader and ethnic minority groups to find a solution to the crisis in the country, according to a military source with knowledge of the plan.
UOB Thailand supports local artists’ regional pursuits with the 14th UOB Painting of the Year Competition launch
Published on 09/05/2023
» UOB Thailand is calling for established and emerging Thai artists to enter Thailand’s only regional art competition – the 14th UOB Painting of the Year (POY). This year’s programme focuses on supporting the local art community and creative young minds to make their artistic mark on the regional art scene. Additionally, UOB Painting of the Year, one of Southeast Asia’s most prestigious annual art competitions, will expand to its fifth country, Vietnam, this year.
Tourist map expands to Doi Kloselo
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 08/01/2023
» Doi Kloselo in Mae Hong Son's Sop Moei district will be developed into a tourist attraction in what is seen as a move from locals to oppose the planned construction of a hydropower dam in the Salween River, locals say.
Sampow of Asean song dead at 59
News, Published on 20/08/2022
» Sampow Triudom, a co-composer of the Asean anthem, passed away last Sunday at his home in Bangkok after a four-year battle with cancer. He was 59 and is survived by two brothers and a sister.
27 parties likely to benefit from EC list-totting method
News, Published on 02/05/2019
» A total of 27 parties should receive at least one party-list MP based on the Election Commission's (EC) calculation method, according to a source at the poll agency.
Asylum seeker arrives in Canada
News, Published on 14/01/2019
» Refugee: Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, who claimed she was abused by her family and feared for her life if deported back from Thailand has arrived in Canada after she was granted asylum.
Foreign haze 'contributing' to pollution
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/01/2019
» Some of the hazardous PM2.5 plaguing Bangkok may be the result of crop burning in Cambodia, but officials stress vehicles are still the main cause.
Famed national artist Manrat dies, aged 90
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/09/2018
» National Artist Manrat Srikaranonda, a household name in Thailand's music circles with many all-time favourites to his credit, died yesterday. He was 90.
Time traveller
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 04/04/2018
» Period dramas, the sources of romanticisation of the bygone, continue to transfix viewers everywhere. From the South Korean culinary tale Dae Jang Guem, to the dramatisation of UK royalty in The Crown, or the court of Louis XIV in Versailles, or even Thailand's own See Pandin (Four Reigns), these fusions of history and fantasy offer an outlook to the past -- glorified or critical -- while also sparking interest and debate over the portrayals of historical accounts.
Transgenders happy to come out from the shadows
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 16/04/2017
» For centuries in the Land of Smiles, men with an outwardly feminine appearance felt offended when they were called "katoey" or "toot" (transvestite). But as time goes by, more gays and transpeople have come out in the public spotlight than ever before.