Steve Harvey fans may not know this, but the comedian has long dreamt of becoming a TV judge. “I came up with this idea 12 years ago and I just never told anybody,” the guy with the gavel behind ABC’s Judge Steve Harvey recently told reporters at the Television Critics Association virtual winter press tour. […]
Bangkok Community Theatre will return onstage with a delightful production that will make the last weekend of the month memorable for the young and young at heart.
Around 600 artists, curators, creatives and partners from Singapore, Bangkok, China, Australia, Turkey, the UK and the US have joined a diverse range of arts programmes for "Singapore Art Week", which kicked off late last week and continues until Sunday.
SAC Gallery invites art lovers to delve into the world of illustration during "Wrap", which is running at its Art Centre Bldg, until April 2.
Like all viruses, SARS-CoV-2 adapts for survival. First identified in South Africa in November, the new variant of concern, Omicron, has now swept across the world. It carries a large number of mutations, including those on the spike protein, which are thought to increase transmissibility. However, studies have found that it causes milder infection than previous variants.
Aloe vera has long been used in traditional medicine, with the Ebers Papyrus and the Edwin Smith Papyrus documenting ancient Egyptians treating ailments with the cactus-like plant. A prescription for skin conditions, "the silent healer" particularly promotes wound healing.
To welcome the Lunar New Year, SK-II has emblazoned the box of Facial Treatment or Pitera Essence with tiger-inspired artwork.
The world of Thai country music (pleng luk thung) was reeling from news of the death of luk thung legend and National Artist Waipoj Phetsupan last Wednesday. Waipoj, 79, was one of the Big Four central Thai luk thung stars -- Chaichana Boonachote, Chai Muang Singh and Kwanjit Sriprachan, all National Artists, are the others -- all of whom are masters of all the central folk styles.
The Prayut Chan-o-cha government has survived five waves of Covid-19 but it could finally be brought down sick by a swine virus.
On this date each year, the military marks the Royal Thai Armed Forces Day with pomp and pageantry, with soldiers marching to showcase the forces' strength and solidarity. In the past couple of years, the celebration has improved for the better, with more social campaigns incorporated into the activities for the day, in an effort to keep the military relevant to society in the modern age.
Cambodia's reputation in regional and international affairs has long preceded Prime Minister Hun Sen's recent trip to Myanmar. Indeed, to be fair, the two-day visit was an ice breaker to create much-needed space for all the Asean 10 to get together once again.
As the new year begins, it is high time to look back at the past year's achievements and, at the same time, to look ahead towards the next. If the Covid-19 pandemic which began in late 2019 and early 2020 took the world by surprise, and 2021 proved to be another year of daunting challenges, 2022 could see countries around the world continue to struggle, trying to open despite the emergence of new...
Thailand has made 1,147 requests for Google to take down content since 2011 with 95.2% related to government criticism -- the highest rate in the world.
Around 1 million members of the National Savings Fund (NSF) have stopped making contributions to the fund due to their declining income caused by the adverse impact of the prolonged Covid-19 pandemic, said the fund's secretary-general Jaruluk Ruangsuwan.
The Tourism and Sports Ministry will reduce the budget for the "Tour Teaw Thai" tour package subsidy programme, while slashing the scheme's projected tour packages from a million to 200,000 amid weak demand.
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Government Housing Bank (GH Bank)'s mortgage customers seems to be declining, as suggested by the low number of them registering for the latest round of its long term debt restructuring scheme, said Chatchai Sirilai, president of GH Bank.
Green cloud, climate change-related online courses, optimisation, green influencers as well as focus on new generation are expected to be crucial technology trends that will support the green transition in 2022, according to Norway's Telenor, the parent of major mobile carrier Total Access Communication (DTAC).
Mitr Phol Group, Asia's largest sugar producer, has made a new investment in Meat Avatar Co, a food technology startup, as it diversifies into the plant-based meat business to catch the trend in future food in Thailand and overseas.
Infrastructure investment in the government's flagship Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) during 2022-2026, seen as the second phase of EEC development, is estimated at only 398 billion baht, a significant drop from 900 billion baht in the first phase of 2018-2021.
Tisco Bank aims to book positive loan growth for 2022 -- for the first time since the outbreak of Covid-19 -- mainly supported by its used-car and corporate loan expansion.
Southeast Insurance and Thai Insurance filed a lawsuit against Suttipol Taweechaikarn, secretary-general of the Office of Insurance Commission (OIC), accusing him of unlawfully forbidding insurance firms from terminating Covid insurance policies with a lump sum payment and causing serious damage to the companies.
The Commerce Ministry yesterday set up war rooms to closely monitor and supervise essential consumer goods and services sectors to curb price gouging nationwide while denying requests from the private sector to raise carbonated drink prices.
The Palang Pracharath Party's (PPRP) failure to capture two House seats in Sunday's by-elections in Chumphon and Songkhla has prompted questions over whether the ruling party, which only just recently made inroads with voters in the South, is on the way out of government.
The unemployment rate fell to a 17-week low to 5.96% for the week ended January 16, partly because fewer people turned up for work amid the surge in Covid cases. Yet, demand for workforce in certain sectors such as e-commerce, retail and healthcare in urban areas and for agricultural activity in rural areas, continues to be high.
EDF shares fell 20% in a single day last week. A big move for a giant utility, whose majority stockholder is the French state. Why? Start with these facts: 2022 is an election year, and energy prices in Europe have risen rapidly in recent months due to a natural gas shortage possibly engineered by the Russians. So the French government assured consumers that electricity prices would rise no more than 4% this year. To achieve this aim, it first cut the energy tax to lower prices. Then it told EDF... Читать дальше...