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Pokemon: When free isn't really free anymore
Resistance is futile. Pokemon-Go is coming in six weeks. (File photo) Here comes the tune. And queue in the guitar solo. “I want to be the very best like no one ever was. To catch them is my real...
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Thai architects vie for international honours
Thai architecture can feel anonymous and banal — but then maybe we don’t look close enough. The design scene has its share of clever, outstanding or unusual architecture and emphasis on material,...
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Binary boost for the non-binary
The unofficial Los Santos Pride mod for Grand Theft Auto V. Stockholm Pride Whenever we discuss the representation of the LGBT population in popular media, what comes to mind is often the names and...
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Pulls no punches
In the States, its sizeable police forces notwithstanding, millions of people buy guns, often giving the same reason that they don’t feel safe without them. For all the miscreants in prison, there are...
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A place to call their own
Thailand’s independent or art film directors have long faced problems in finding a cinema to show their works. The two major multiplex chains are, perhaps understandably, much more interested in...
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A spicy partnership
Mexican Ambassador Jaime Nualart. Photo Courtesy of Mexican Embassy in Thailand Mexican Ambassador Jaime Nualart couldn’t be happier to be posted to a country which he has grown to appreciate through...
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Groundbreaking music seminar: Integrating theory into practice
TRF Research Team in Music Since 1992, The Thailand Research Fund (TRF) has developed several programmes to support research in sciences, technology, social sciences and humanities. Each year, more...
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Priming the skin
Asian brands are said to have started the liquid skincare rage, with SK-II’s sake-inspired Facial Treatment Essence dubbed as “miracle water” and Sulwhasoo’s herbal First Care Activating Serum hailed...
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An empathetic view
Entrance to the museum. Melalin Mahavongtrakul Imagine a room full of red-lace bras, packs of condoms and a dancing pole — did we just wander into an illicit, red-light district somewhere? No, these...
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A place among the dead
The Bangkok Protestant Cemetery on Charoen Krung Road, locally dubbed as Soi Susan Farang, is a well-known tourist attraction. Somchai Poomlard Cemeteries are a sanctuary for the dead and the...
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Skincare solutions for superheroines
Energie de Vie Liquid Care and Sleeping Mask. Bernard jaspar Caught up in a fast-paced lifestyle, the selfie-obsessed Gen Y keeps up with the latest trends, maintains an active social network...
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'Tis the season to bike
Krajiao blossoms at Pa Hin Ngam National Park. Although not everybody considers the rainy season the best time of year to cycle, the fact remains that this is when the sunlight, with all those clouds...
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Music to move to
Caption goes here photo: John Clewley The fascinating sounds of “Lollywood” (Pakistani cinema) soundtracks have been exploding from the World Beat turntable for the past week, courtesy of an excellent...
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Let there be light
Act 1 of The Phantom of the Opera was performed on a horseback on the lawn in front of the castle. A unique fund-raising event was held recently amid the cool wind of Khao Yai. Dubbed “The Secret...
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The future's made of augmented reality
With more than 30 million downloads in less than a month since its release, calling Pokemon Go a social phenomenon is hardly an overstatement. An augmented-reality mobile game (AR) released earlier...
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Exhibition asks, 'Has happiness returned to Thailand?'
A still from Orawan’s video work at the Erawan Shrine. If “Fear” — Manit Sriwanichapoom’s latest photography and video show, which opened over the past weekend at H Gallery, Tang Contemporary Art and...
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Christie's looks for more Thai bidders
Premier auction house Christie’s is celebrating its 250th anniversary this year. In Asia, the company first held an auction in Hong Kong in 1986, clocking in nearly US$2 million. Twelve years later in...
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The Michelin Guide arrives in Singapore
Singapore’s Michelin guide award ceremony. photo: MARIA na Klaibaan Almost like a meteor shower, the arrival of The Michelin Guide in Singapore brings to the island city a pouring of the illustrious...
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Weiwei in Spain
Artist Ai Weiwei has reproduced scenes of his incarceration for a new art installation, a series of almost life-size dioramas – encased in steel boxes – showing his life in jail. Visitors to the...
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Museum sketches bright future for art in Indonesia
Buoyed by a growing, affluent middle class at home as well as interest from international buyers, numerous boutique galleries and artists’ communities have sprung up, while events such as the Jakarta...
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