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Lay Zhang, a member of South Korean-Chinese boy band Exo, will be back to the Kingdom with his first solo concert tour, "2019 Lay Tour Grand Line In Bangkok", at Thunder Dome Muang Thong Thani on Aug 25 at 5pm.

Central Embassy is holding "Anima Mundi: Soul Of The World", an eco-art exhibition that reflects our environmental issues, from tomorrow Aug 2 to Sept 1.

White Music is one of GMM Grammy's successful music subsidiaries which has many multi-skilled and popular singers. Some of its top performers are Palitchoke "Peck" Ayanaputra, Pramote "Oat" Pathan, Pongkool "Pop" Suebsung, Chanakan "Atom" Rattana-udom, Kanyarat "Lula" Tiyapornchai and Getsunova.

Following years of condemnation by human rights groups, and periodic criticism by a range of governments across the world, 22 mostly European and Western nations on July 8 co-signed a letter to the United Nations Human Rights Council regarding China's ill-treatment of its Uighur population and other Muslim and minority communities in Xinjiang province.

The first half of 2019 has already passed and it is a well-known fact that the Thai economy is not in good shape. GDP growth has plummeted from 3.7% in the last quarter of 2018 to 2.8% in the first quarter of this year. Although second-quarter GDP growth will be officially announced soon, raw economic data from April to June indicates a weaker second quarter, particularly in the areas of exports...

The decision of two human rights commissioners, namely Tuenjai Deetes and Angkhana Neelapaijit, to resign from the independent agency after a long period of compromise is a heavy blow to the commission and many underprivileged people, especially those marginalised by the state.

Luxury yachting has become a tourism driver on the Eastern Seaboard as more and more Thais are drawn to the big boats.

The Energy Ministry plans to promote a peer-to-peer (P2P) power trading model for private companies to decentralise the country's power generation system in line with the new version of the power development plan (PDP) for 2018-37.

The country's largest mixed-use project, One Bangkok, is confident that its future supply of offices, condos, hotels and retail, covering more than 1.83 million square metres, will not cannibalise existing supply.

Yaowarat has been a bustling commercial centre in Bangkok for more than 200 years. The Chinese settlement was the first official commercial area of the capital and remains a major attraction for local residents and visitors alike.

Asean and China have completed the first reading of the Single Draft Negotiating Text of the Code of Conduct (CoC) for the South China Sea ahead of schedule, Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced on Wednesday.

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The purchasing of new fighter planes stalled after the Swiss people voted against the acquisition of 22 JAS-39 Gripen fighter jets in 2014.

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A trio of minor-leaguers head back to San Francisco.

We are here for the long term and India is an attractive market, says Alain Carrier, CPPIB's senior managing director

Amazon superhero drama The Boys tied up its first season with shocking scenes

Black and Whites resume their top three push just five days after Challenge Cup semi-final loss