The talk of Thailand since last year has been Moo Deng, the toddler pygmy hippopotamus who became an internet celebrity.
Moo Deng, which means bouncy pork in Thai, has boosted revenue for Khao Kheow Open Zoo, near the capital Bangkok, by doubling visitor numbers. But groups including Born Free and PETA say they have ...
The natural resources minister has rejected claims by foreign animal rights groups that Thailand is unethically exploiting celebrity pygmy hippo Moo Deng for monetary gain.The minister said on Tuesday ...
The natural resources minister has rejected claims by foreign animal rights groups that Thailand is unethically exploiting celebrity pygmy hippo Moo Deng for monetary gain. Chalermchai Sri-on said ...
Nearly 175 years before Moo Deng took the Internet by storm, another exotic hippo helped save the world’s first modern zoo. The London Zoo began in 1828 as a members-only community, but opened ...
At a major function organised by property group City Developments Limited (CDL) in 2024 was Cecilia Kwek, wife of Kwek Leng Beng, the octogenarian executive chairman of CDL with whom Wu is said ...
Five years ago, South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon Ho stood on the Oscars stage, stunned as his movie “Parasite” made history as the first non-English-language film to win best picture.
South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho is one of the most prominent figures in international cinema, with a rare combination of highbrow acclaim and mainstream success. Bong has won Oscars ...
Will “Parasite” director Bong Joon Ho and not one, not two, but a dozen Robert Pattinsons be able to inject a little life into the desolate box office? Movie theater owners certainly hope that ...
Kwek Leng Beng, the Singaporean billionaire suing his son for an alleged power grab at the board of property giant City Developments Limited, has a direct and pragmatic approach to business and ...
It just cost way too much to ever turn a profit in this lifetime. The R-rated movie, directed by Bong Joon Ho and starring Robert Pattinson, opened on Feb. 28 in Korea (Bong’s home country ...