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After organising smaller concerts over the past few years, promoter 75th Curveball is finally ready for their first and proper event called "Super Sugar Pipehole Mini Festival" featuring some of the hottest local and international indie acts, from 2pm to midnight on Dec 18, at Livecore Bearing 43, Samut Prakan. 75th Curveball is a concert project by Rungsimun "Jaa" Suwiruttanapast of the cult...

The eighth edition of Chiang Mai Design Week, a nine-day cultural festival that wrapped up last week, was a manifesto of the melting pot that is this northern province. At an out-of-use warehouse in Chang Moi, a group of local artists who took part in a homecoming project exhibited objects from their neighbourhoods in the style of Renaissance curiosity. Here, Achariyar Rojanapirom and Ratthee...

President Yoon Suk-yeol announced the Republic of Korea's Strategy for a Free, Peaceful, and Prosperous Indo-Pacific Region (hereafter Indo-Pacific Strategy), and Korea-Asean Solidarity Initiative (KASI) at the Asean-Korea Summit held in November in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. His core message at the summit was simple: Korea aims to upgrade and elevate its partnership with Asean to the next level. In...

Could there be anything more ridiculous than last week's failed coup attempt in Peru?

The fix is in. During the Thanksgiving holiday, the Biden administration announced it was quietly reversing policy and allowing limited petroleum imports from Venezuela. The Treasury Department lifted restrictions permitting a six-month deal to ease sanctions so that Chevron petroleum may buy and then ship Venezuelan crude oil to American refineries.

While the country's political machinery and personnel are now gearing up for the upcoming election, there is a humanitarian crisis in waiting on the western border. Politicians have so far turned a blind eye.

Last week, the environmental group Beach for Life launched a protest to urge the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment to review its policies on the construction of seawalls and breakwaters intended to help prevent coastal erosion.

The median salary increase for Thailand in 2023 will be 5.1% compared with this year, according to a survey of more than 700 companies in the six largest Southeast Asian economies by Aon Plc, a global professional services firm.

The Revenue Department plans to issue rules soon that classify types of digital tokens as part of its move to support token market development, says director-general Lavaron Sangsnit.

The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) has co-developed a new dock to facilitate the transport and storage of liquid goods, including liquefied natural gas, at its Map Ta Phut deep-sea port in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).

Various kinds of cybercrime-as-a-service (CaaS) offerings, the metaverse, virtual city attacks and money laundering-as-a-service (LaaS) are expected to pose crucial threats in cyberspace next year, according to Fortinet, a global cybersecurity company.

The government vows to move ahead with plans to promote 10 existing special economic zones (SEZs) in 10 provinces in an effort to decentralise development and growth, as well as lure investment to the provinces.

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Virologist Dr. Peter Daszak has come under fire for posting videos of himself in a Thailand cave with 2.5 million bats following controversy over his ties to a Wuhan lab.

It’s part of the FTC's aggressive campaign against corporate dealmaking.

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Jan Blachowicz is standing up for himself and the UFC 282 main event.

Preparations to demolish Piper Hall, the south wing of the Neihardt Complex, began earlier this year. The project is expected to continue through January.

Strictly Come Dancing's Nancy Xu and her celebrity partner Will Mellor were the latest dancing duo to leave the competition.

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A coalition of nearly 40 press freedom, civil liberties and other organizations led by Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) has urged Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to advance the PRESS Act to a vote before Congress adjourns.

The bipartisan act, which unanimously passed the House in September, is a "shield" bill that would protect journalists from surveillance or compelled disclosure of source materials except in emergency situations. Читать дальше...

When Alexi Hawley was creating The Rookie, he probably didn't anticipate it becoming such a massive hit among audiences in the way it has. Something of a rarity in many shows is getting a spin-off.

These whiskies are art in boozy liquid form.

While experience loyalty has been around the B2C world for decades, the B2B industry is now catching on that delighting customers doesn't build loyalty. Here's what does.

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Travel—whether it’s for the holidays, vacation, or for business—is a double-edged experience. It can be exciting to see new places, comforting to be with family, or thrilling to pursue professional goals, but travel can also be stressful, and doubly so during the holidays. Aside from the frantic nature of actually…