Drama therapy working wonders for special-needs children
national June 26, 2017 01:00

MOST CHILDREN with special needs are happy about attending the drama therapy programme at the Rajanagarindra Institute of Child Development, which has delivered very impressive results.

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Prasarn wary of property bubble
business June 26, 2017 01:00

FORMER CENTRAL BANK governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul has expressed concern over the potential oversupply of property projects that could trigger the next economic crisis and he was also worried about rising risk in the thrift and the credit cooperatives business.

SECM commissioner Htay Chun says a pact between Thai and Myanmar is now in its final stages.
Nong Khai’s banana bonanza
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Farmers in Nong Khai’s banana plantations are having a bumper crop thanks to the wet season.  

SECM commissioner Htay Chun says a pact between Thai and Myanmar is now in its final stages.

Thai-Myanmar regulators tie up deal
business June 26, 2017 01:00

AS MYANMAR tries to grow its young capital market with the help with international partners, Thailand will become the first foreign country to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Myanmar in less than three months, according to Htay Chun, commissioner of SECM.

Belgian child actors recreated events involving the life and crime of Belgian child murderer. Photo/Phil Deprez
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Learning through life
life June 26, 2017 01:00

A Swiss director puts his Flemish child actors, and international audience, through one-of-a-kind experience

Director Wichaya Artamat deftly used two theatre studios concurrently. PHOTO/WICHAYA ARTAMAT
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A lesson in collective playwriting
life June 26, 2017 01:00

But even deft staging is unable to save a collage of thoughts in the latest For What Theatre production

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