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A cool new Veranda
Life on Ekamai-Ram Intra has never been better, with shoppers now spoiled for choice. The latest addition to this shopping paradise is the high-end Crystal Veranda, recently launched by two big bosses...
View ArticleLosing their homes
A 650-year-old urban walled village in Hong Kong – the last of its kind – will be destroyed to make way for development in what critics say is another nail in the coffin for the city’s cultural...
View ArticleMaking merry with the monkey
The Esplanade’s Huayi-Chinese Festival of Arts is as old as the organiser itself, and having found a solid agenda and format of 10 days during the Chinese New Year, it has struck the right chord with...
View ArticleBeatup art on view in Vienna
Vienna’s Leopold Museum is hoping people will pay to see art that’s broken, mouldy and eaten by worms. The prestigious home of Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele is displaying damaged artworks to raise...
View ArticleBeing heard loud and clear
The workshop comes alive at 8am at the Precious One, a handicrafts foundation in Kembangan, West Jakarta. Employees arrive one by one, greeting one another in sign language. P-One, as it’s called, is...
View ArticleFireflies unperturbed, but Chuchai sheds the stink
In fact, for a millionaire sporting sparkling diamond rings, he’s downright spiritual. The “European-style” hotel Chuchai Buri Sri Amphawa is set to open next month in that town (Amphawa) on the Mae...
View ArticleCan the monkey calm the seas?
After a supposedly docile Year of the Sheep, astrologists expect 12 months of greater uncertainty with the arrival of the Monkey today. Common lore in China predicts the Year of the Monkey will bring...
View ArticleOperatic struggles
Thai performers caked in make-up belt out the piercing notes of Chinese opera – an art form under threat by changing cultural habits and demographics in a kingdom reshaped by centuries of immigration...
View ArticleThe best there is in Asia
Thai artists enjoyed a great evening at the recent Prudential Eye Awards in Singapore. Not only did Sakarin Krue-on win lifetime-achievement honours, but the pop-rock band Slot Machine was there to...
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‘Star Wars’ hits $2 billion global sales
LOS ANGELES – Star Wars: The Force Awakens has soared to the $2 billion mark in global ticket sales, Disney announced Sunday, as the movie landed in fourth place at the North American box office,...
View ArticleWhere homosexuality is a dirty word
When Kiran Kumar Devmani decided to make a film about homosexuality, he braced for a fight with India’s notoriously conservative censors, but he never imagined he would have to battle the tax office....
View ArticleDoing laps with the Lahu
Kim Jones, Louis Vuitton’s artistic director in charge of men’s ready-to-wear, has been to Thailand six times, including a visit to Chiang Rai, and it shows in his spring-summer collection, which bears...
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An exercise in holidaying
A holiday, to many, means exhaustion rather than relaxation. But at Absolute Sanctuary, a wellness resort in Koh Samui, guests feel relaxed, recharged and revitalised and this usually lasts long after...
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Red rules
A parade of beauty products have been released for Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day which this year fall only six days apart. Red rules as a lucky hue according to Chinese belief and is also a...
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Blue-blood gets a taste for your blood
When Chulachak Chakrabongse speaks, he rarely looks your way. He could be drifting or struck by sheer boredom, but you are never offended. You’re busy wondering what to make of his presence: as teen...
View ArticleThe great gig in the sky
Musician David Bowie was the biggest name in the music business to pass away recently. His death at 69 prompted extraordinary media coverage across the world. Bowie was more than just a rock musician,...
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Sassy spring looks
It’s sparkling spring season at the Kanebo beauty house, whose make-up artists have designed seven styles for Monday to Sunday. Green Sparkling make-up look. “Whichever look, they are effortless...
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Get into the groove — Madonna is here
Yes, Madonna is singing live tonight. And yes, Madonna is definitely by now somewhere in Bangkok, after photos showing her arrive at the airport on Sunday night popped up online, enough for her...
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Say it with a condom
Phatcharaphan Prachuablarb is the fruit of an unplanned teen pregnancy. Born to a mother who was only 18, he knows what it is like to grow up in a family not ready to raise a child. The 19-year-old...
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And the Prince Mahidol Award Laureate goes to…
Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn gives the 2015 Prince Mahidol Award to Prof Morton Mower. For cardiologist, inventor and researcher Prof Morton Mower, being picked as the 2015...
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