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Marxist Minds: At Party School, China grooms future leaders
AFP, Published on 27/06/2019
» BEIJING - In a secretive school in China's capital rows of students face a giant video projection of Xi Jinping, making careful notes on the lecture on their leader's guiding principles.
Ministry asks unis to control hazing
Gary Boyle, Published on 27/06/2019
» A government ministry has warned universities nationwide to strictly regulate their annual hazing activities for freshmen - rab nong ceremonies - and ban those which can cause harm to students.
Court to probe 32 MPs' shares
News, Mongkol Bangprapa and Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 27/06/2019
» The Constitutional Court on Wednesday accepted petitions against 32 of the 41 government MPs who are accused by the opposition of breaching the charter's rule on shareholdings in media firms, but did not suspend the MPs from their duties.
Buriram sign Arsenal flop Barazite to fill Pedro void
Sports, Tor Chittinand, Published on 27/06/2019
» Former Arsenal flop Nacer Barazite has joined Thai League 1 champions Buriram United, club chairman Newin Chidchob said on Wednesday.
Govt needs more than luck with new lottery plan
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 27/06/2019
» The idea of having the Government Lottery Office (GLO) run a two- and three-digit lottery scheme is taking shape once again.
Angel on a mission
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 27/06/2019
» The theatre scene is marking a few anniversaries this year. First, B-floor Theatre celebrated its 20th birthday with an outdoor musical version of A Midsummer Night's Dream. This month, an even older company, Dreambox, originally named Dass Entertainment, kicked off its 33rd-anniversary celebration with a revival of an old musical from its early days. The company will bring back another musical in November, Mae Nak: The Musical, which came from what they consider to be the company's second period in their development. And in a few months, Dreambox will stage Namngoen Thae, a new musical adapted from a historical novel of the same name by one of Thailand's most popular novelists, Win Lyovarin.
The best of Asean films in Bangkok
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 27/06/2019
» The Ministry of Culture has teamed up with the National Federation of Motion Picture and Contents Associations for the Bangkok Asean Film Festival.
Pretty in pink
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 27/06/2019
» It's normal to see oxen on the streets of India. However, during my recent trip to Jaipur, I was surprised to see people riding camels and elephants on the other side of the road, while our minibus was stuck in traffic alongside public buses, cars, horse carriages, rickshaws and swarms of motorcycles.