If you think you’re going to a national park to celebrate New Year’s with beer and liquor, think again. The National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department has vowed to strictly prohibit alcohol drinking at its national parks and threatened to take tough legal action […]
For organisations to thrive in the disruptive world, apart from knowing how to live and learn in this new reality, it is crucial that they have leaders who really know how to lead in turbulent times. When it comes to driving organisational change, the key […]
The police CIB claims to have a list of 95 disreputable monks who should be disrobed. (Bangkok Post file photo) The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) has launched a nationwide crackdown on 95 rogue monks, singling out those who indulge in sex, scams, transvestism and politics. […]
In Berlin, people move around conveniently and affordably, by bike, bus, train, and private vehicle. (Photo berlin.de) While being shown how “smart” Berlin is as a city during a study tour last month, I came across a piece of news from Thailand about an effort […]
Pope Francis gestures during a news conference on board his plane on Saturday, during his flight back from a visit to Myanmar and Bangladesh. (Pool photo via Reuters) ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE: Pope Francis has defended his strategy of avoiding the term “Rohingya” in Myanmar, […]
A South Korean fishing boat capsized off the country’s western coast on Sunday after it collided with a refueling vessel, killing at least 13 people. — Reuters The boat was carrying two sailors and 20 passengers when the collision occurred in waters near Incheon west […]
Toon Bodyslam receives donations from supporters after arriving in Thawi Watthana district in Bangkok from Ratchaburi’s Photharam district on Sunday. (Photo by Thiti Wannamontha) After 27 days and more than 230 hours on the road, Toon Bodyslam arrived in Bangkok on Sunday after well-wishers greeted […]
Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak, Saudi Arabia’s Oil Minister Khalid al-Falih and Opec Secretary General Mohammad Barkindo leave a news conference after an Opec meeting in Vienna on Thursday. (Reuters photo) Opec and Russia just gave their most implacable foe, US shale, an early holiday […]
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NEW LINE-UP: singer Cherry Tuazon with the Earth band. Photo: Check Inn 99 It’s back. From the moment you turn down Sukhumvit Soi 33 for a short 50-metre jaunt to the arched entryway at the familiar black and white sign, you know you are entering […]
