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Finding their footing
Kwanruen executive editor Satida Klongvessa. The recent disappearance of women’s glossies, including local titles such as Priew, Volume and Image as well as international franchises InStyle and...
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The wonder of Discovery
Oki Sato, chief designer and founder of Nendo. Renowned Japanese designer Oki Sato used to feel that working on his designs was like making a small plate of food. But with his recent renovation...
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Panel okays 8 couples for surrogacy
The image shows an office of a clinic offering service to help women with difficulties in having a baby. (Bangkok Post file photo) Eight out of 50 married couples have been approved to obtain...
View ArticleResurrecting a legend
While the 69th Cannes Film Festival did not offer up a happy ending on Sunday night as critics and audience members vented their disappointment at the awarding of the Palme d’Or to Ken Loach’s...
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When blue is the perfect hue
Blue is the warmest colour — referencing the English title of Julie Maroh’s graphic novel about a lesbian romance between Clementine and the blue-haired Emma, which was adapted into an award-winning...
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Fighting, any which way
One Championship Ascent to Power held earlier this month in Singapore. The fighting arena was packed. Roars of excitement from fans of Mixed Martial Arts were heard all over the place. At the...
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Stretchy ‘second skin’ could make wrinkles a thing of the past
In the Mission Impossible movies, one of the many scenes that strikes audiences the most is probably when a character perfectly impersonates the appearance of someone else only to peel off the “elastic...
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Timeless classics
Myoma Cinema, one of three Mingalar operated cinemas in Mandalay. Going to the movies in 21st century Myanmar is an experience little changed from the last century. With a majority of the country’s...
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Memorable recital by the Ashkenazy duo
Pianist-conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy, one of the most prominent and beloved legends in the classical-music world, returned to Bangkok last week with his pianist-son, Vovka Ashkenazy. The father and...
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The power of love
Love — as many of us are perhaps too painfully aware — can sometimes be as bitter as it can be sweet. Like the age old adage tells us, “where there is love, there is suffering”; and yet, love seems to...
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A world-music classic returns
The Malian singer Oumou Sangare burst onto the West African music scene when she released her first album, Moussolou, on cassette in 1990. I was living in Tokyo at the time and African friends told me...
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Khmer ruins revealed as reservoir dries out
An old Khmer temple ruin known as Tapieng Roun uncovered in Buachet district of Surin, near the Cambodian border, as a reservoir dried up during the dry season. fromthe drounght.(Photo by Nopparat...
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Masterplan for resolution of labour problems in the fisheries industry:
The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, as a core agency overseeing the country’s fishery; aquatic animal culture; and processed aquatic animals, is committed to tackling...
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Ming dynasty art brought back to life
Rare Chinese Buddhist art has come to Bangkok. Until Sunday, the “Buddhist Faith Art Of The Ming Dynasty” exhibition is being held at the National Gallery on Chao Fah Road, near Sanam Luang, Bangkok....
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Blinded by the light
A screenshot from Nut’s video work Sound Of Nothing. As stated in the text, “Oscillation”, an exhibition at Chulalongkorn University’s Art Center which opened earlier this month, “considers a state of...
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A cuppa sustainability
Coffee beans from MiVANA are required to be grown in the shade. For the urban cool, coffee has somehow become a form of luxurious indulgence — not just a tonic to wake you up in the morning, or a kick...
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Showcasing Bangladesh
Bangladeshi ambassador Saida Muna Tasneem. For the past 17 months, Bangladeshi ambassador Saida Muna Tasneem has been promoting her country’s rich cultural heritage in Thailand. It is now time to...
View Article‘Star Trek’ at 50: Boldly going on… and on
When the show debuted in 1966 the concept was a three-season television show following the crew of the starship Enterprise as they ventured into the galaxy to seek out new civilizations. Little did NBC...
View ArticleTales of an execution
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT in Singapore has long been criticised by human rights groups, yet the majority of us know little about it other than reading the occasional few sentences in the local media. Talented...
View ArticleGoing to war over wildlife
PROFESSIONAL HUNTER and committed conservationist Ivan Carter makes his television debut in Asia tonight with “Carter’s WAR”, an Outdoor Channel series that takes viewers deep inside Africa to the...
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