Being in the dark can cause people to feel terrified, but it can also spark imagination. In Japanese folklore, yokai, or imaginary monsters, emerged at a time when the only light available at night was from candles, which made people fearful and imagine something hidden in the darkness.
Art viewers are invited to explore the depths of their hearts and find a reason behind every teardrop during "Who's Cutting Onions?", which is running at River City Bangkok's RCB Galleria 1, Charoen Krung 24, until Aug 25.
Interested persons are invited to immerse in the beauty of time through stories passed down from texts and oral traditions during "200 Years Journey Through Thai Modern Art History", which is running at the National Gallery Bangkok, until Aug 31.
Explore the chilling world of ghost hunters at "The Conjuring Universe Tour", an interactive horror exhibition from the world-renowned film series at Iconsiam, which starts on Aug 23.
Swamp Dogg (real name Jerry Williams Jr) is a well-known black American singer, songwriter, producer and Williams Jr's alter ego. A few years back, I wrote about Blame It On The Dogg: The Swamp Dogg Anthology 1968-1978, which features some of his hit R&B songs (put out under his real name and alter ego), such as She's A Heartbreaker by Gene Pitney and Stop Knocking by Ruth Brown.
The Srettha government is considering various measures to resuscitate the country's economy, including reducing financial contributions to the Social Security Fund (SSF) -- the state pension and welfare fund for millions of workers and retirees.
During Nato's 75th anniversary summit held in Washington last week, China's defence ministry made a surprise announcement.
Nearly three and a half years since the military coup in February 2021, the crisis in Myanmar shows no signs of resolution. The internecine war between the military junta, known as the State Administration Council (SAC), and the various ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) continues unabated, with no endgame in sight.
Almost everybody who feels obliged to comment about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump is currently insisting that "violence has no place in American politics", but of course it has. Four US presidents have been assassinated while in office, and three others (now including Mr Trump) have been injured in assassination attempts.
Thirayuth Chirathivat, chief executive of Centara Hotels & Resorts, has been honoured with the "Thailand Top CEO of the Year 2024" award in the tourism & hospitality category.
Eastspring Asset Management (Thailand) recommends investors maintain their focus on portfolio diversification in the second half as positive investment opportunities arise, suggesting the most attractive areas to invest in are US tech stocks and the Indian stock market.
Energy authorities are preparing to discuss direct power purchase agreement (PPA) regulations with local and foreign investors to facilitate companies demanding clean electricity to run their businesses.
Twenty-four years ago, thousands of local villagers living in the seasonally flooded lower part of tambon Kho Nua in Muang district of Yasothon province learned that their lives would change for the better after His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua, then the Crown Prince, visited them in the year 2000.
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Open borders
WHAT was built to handle the record-busting 610,000 surge in our population in one year due to immigration? Not a lot.
Where are all the new homes, schools, GPs’ surgeries, hospitals, roads, power plants or reservoirs needed after importing in 12 months enough people to fill a major city?
GettyLabour must keep immigration numbers down AND green-light huge amounts of new infrastructure[/caption]Er, they don’t exist.
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