MBK to buy stakes in street food brands
Published by The Bangkok Post Shopping centre operator MBK Plc intends to buy stakes in Thai street food brands as part of its efforts to reduce business risks and raise new income. Somphol Tripopnart, MBK’s managing director of shopping centre…
Casinos not main problem
Published by The Bangkok Post The Thai government has been toying with the idea of making gambling legal in the country for the past two decades. The plan, however, has been thwarted time and time again by the arguments that…
Gardening best left to green fingers
Published by The Bangkok Post I am fortunate in having a small garden and even more blessed to have Khun Noi look after it. Noi was the husband of my late maid who long-time readers knew as Ms Yasothon who…
Miss Universe Thailand’s unorthodox but traditional costume
Miss Universe Thailand 2021, Thai-Australian Model Anchilee Scott-Kemmis, will wear an unorthodox Thai costume based on that of an ancient Thai female combatant, featuring rope-bound hands instead of boxing gloves, at the 70th Miss Universe pageant in …
Thailand’s cancel culture takes on Thai singer in new K-Pop band
Another Thai-born artist, Sitala Wongkrachang, is set to debut in a Korean girl group in January, but her family’s history of involvement in political activism in Thailand is coming back to haunt her.#SITALA was trending on Thai Twitter after South Kor…
Govt explains delay in reopening entertainment venues
Published by The Bangkok Post The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration has given two reasons for delaying the reopening of entertainment places, and said operators must improve disease control standards. Apisamai Srirangson, a spokeswoman for the CCSA, admitted on Friday…
Miss Universe Thailand’s sparks another Internet drama over her patriotism
Sonthiya Sawasdee, a former advisor to the parliamentary committee on law, justice and human rights, threatened to take a legal action against Miss Universe Thailand today (Tuesday) for allegedly insulting the national flag, which is punishable by up t…
Dissident actor has no expectation of release from Myanmar prison
Of the many artists and entertainers arrested in the months following the February coup in Myanmar, one of the best-known faces is the rising star Paing Takhon. A model, an actor and an anti-military dictatorship activist since the coup, Paing Takhon w…
Vietnam welcomes first foreign tourists in nearly 20 months
HANOI (AFP): The first international tourists touched down in Vietnam almost 20 months after the Southeast Asian nation closed its borders to contain the coronavirus.Two charter flights brought more than 400 South Korean and Japanese fully vaccinated p…
Bangkok prepares for Loy Krathong festival
Bangkok is preparing for the Loy Krathong festival, celebrated across the city on November 19th, with strict COVID-19 measures in place. Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang announced that this year’s Loy Krathong festival will be held at two prime locations, namely…