Asia’s cities are sometimes maligned as concrete jungles bedevilled by chaotic or crawling traffic, made worse by tens of thousands of motorcycles. India’s cities have long had a bad reputation for smog and pollution, while Jakarta, Indonesia’s vast capital, is notorious for two- and three-hour journeys that would take no more than 10 or 15 … Read more
Different faiths have coexisted more or less peacefully throughout Chinese history, with foreign religions accepted and later on Sinicised. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, … Read more
The competition started in second grade for DJ Wang’s son. Eight-year-old William was enrolled at a top elementary school in Wuhan, a provincial capital in central China. While kindergarten and first grade were relatively carefree, the homework assignments started piling up in second grade. Families in China are moving to Thailand seeking an alternative to … Read more
One of the most revered figures in Thai history, Naresuan is beloved in northern Thailand, which suffered heavily at the hands of the Burmese. The statue of King Naresuan in Mae Rim district, Chiang Mai. Photo: Shutterstock This history lesson came at the start of an eight-day road trip through the region: a 720km (447-mile) … Read more
While flooding was frequent at Wiang Kum Kam, archaeologists suspect there was a “super flood” that caused the southern site to be buried by sediment and abandoned altogether in the 16th century. A statue of King Mangrai at Wiang Kum Kam Information Centre. Photo: Ron Emmons It was not until the 1980s that efforts to … Read more
What makes Jungle Kitchen stand out from the cooking-class crowd is the traditional way meals are cooked – over a charcoal fire. The only electricity used is for lighting. A guests at Jungle Kitchen cooks over a charcoal fire. Photo: Jungle Kitchen On a humid day in June, Charlesworth welcomes guests (up to a maximum … Read more
My starting point is the Lanna Traditional House Museum, in Chiang Mai, which features several traditional teak buildings, with their high pitched roofs and raised floors, that once stood elsewhere. Kittichai Wattananikorn, a retired professor and local author, at the Lanna House Museum in Chiang Mai, which features several traditional teak buildings with high pitched … Read more
In 2015, it was even proposed that Teng had been reincarnated as a Thai girl, Vanatsaya Viseskul, who, then 16, looked like the Teng of her 1960s album covers, and, while not knowing a word of Mandarin, was able to perform a much of the Taiwanese singer’s repertoire with miraculously high fidelity. Teresa Teng was … Read more
With Thailand consistently ranking among the five most popular destinations for Hongkongers – the three-hour flight to Bangkok appeals to travellers’ seeking a short-haul holiday – Chan was determined to promote Thai culture in Hong Kong. Vita Chan, a second-generation Thai living in Hong Kong, is the founder of Songkran HK, a festival celebrating Thai … Read more
Phrae functioned as a semi-independent kingdom ruled by a succession of sovereigns until the late 19th century, when it came under the growing influence of Siam. Its population is an ethnic mix that includes Tai Lue – who migrated there from Yunnan province, in China – Kayin and Shan, who came from Burma at the … Read more
