Farida Laopacharakul, 31, is the founder of The Truemate by Farida dating website. Noticing that not everyone is looking for love, she launched a spin-off, dubbed Buddy Buddy, a friend-rental service. We asked her how it works.
Having just published Another Great Day at Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H.W. Bush, the author who’s never found a genre he couldn’t move on from is in town for the Singapore Writers Festival (through Nov 9). We had some burning questions for him.
The big news out of the 19th Busan International Film Festival held earlier this month (Oct 2-11) is that we have a handful of exciting Thai independent films to anticipate, from some our most-loved directors.