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Eight auspicious Thai dishes to welcome Songkran festival

April 09, 2025

In Thai belief, there are eight auspicious dishes said to bring a feast full of blessings, joy and fulfilled wishes during the Songkran festival.

Amulets: Thai soft power, exported as far as China

April 21, 2024

Thai soft power might be manifesting in the form of amulets, as its influence extends all the way to China, to the extent that renowned celebrities there are showing interest without any special promotion.

Welcoming the Year of Golden Dragon with auspicious food

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 07, 2024

The belief in good fortune has been part of the human psyche for centuries. In Chinese culture, food plays a dominant role and shapes the way of life, often times reflected through traditions.

Red ‘ong lai’ makes auspicious comeback in Chinese New Year

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2023

For the Chinese community, pineapples play an important part in the Lunar New Year celebrations, as they call it “ong lai”, which sounds exactly like “fortune comes” in the Hokkien dialect. And it is even better if the pineapples are red.

An ‘auspicious’ beginning?

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Thailand has double the recommended rate of surgical births, and that could be a problem, say experts

NBTC to auction 95 ‘auspicious’ phone numbers

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 04, 2017

The Office of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) will auction off 95 “auspicious” phone numbers later this month, hoping to raise more than Bt80 million.