Workers build a bullet train at a factory of CRRC Tangshan Co., Ltd. in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province, March 23, 2018. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)
SHIJIAZHUANG (Xinhua) — A newly developed driverless metro train has passed further testing with a higher level of automation, faster speeds and lower energy consumption, its developer said.
Developed by the CRRC Tangshan Co. Ltd., one of China’s major high-speed train manufacturers, the metro train can operate automatically at all times, including opening and closing doors, detecting obstacles and handling emergencies.
The train, with six carriages, can carry up to 2,300 people in one trip. The test model is designed to run at a maximum speed of 120 km per hour, 50 percent faster than the normal subways in cities at home and abroad.
Made of lightweight stainless steel, the intelligent metro train is much lighter than traditional ones, and each metro can save around 4 million kilowatt-hours of electricity per year.
“I believe that this driverless metro train can improve China’s international competitiveness in the field of rail transit, upgrade industries and provide a better travel experience for passengers,” said Cao Zeqian, a designer of the company’s product research and development center.
In this April, 20, 2019, file photo, public works employee Jerry Brooks changes a street sign from The Paseo to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City voters have overwhelmingly approved removing the name of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from a city boulevard in favor of the street’s original name, The Paseo.
Unofficial results show the vote to remove King’s name received nearly 70% of the Tuesday’s vote, with just over 30% voting to retain King’s name.
The vote came after months of heated debate that began shortly after the city council voted in January to name the 10-mile (16.09-kilometer) boulevard that runs through a mostly black area of the city after the civil rights icon. Kansas City was one of the last large cities in the U.S. to name a street for King.
A group called “Save the Paseo” in April turned in far more than the 1,700 signatures needed to get the issue on the ballot. They argued the city council didn’t follow proper procedures when it renamed the street.
Mostly black civil rights leaders who worked for years to secure King’s name accused “Save the Paseo” of being racist and warned the city’s reputation would suffer if his name is removed.
MOSCOW (Xinhua) — The Moscow government held grand celebrations at Red Square on Thursday to mark the 78th anniversary of the military parade in 1941 when Soviet troops marched directly from the square to fight Nazi invaders outside Moscow.
About 4,000 people took part in the celebrations, including honor guards, a military orchestra, military school cadets, the 1st Tank Army of the Western Military District, performers and volunteers, according to a statement from the mayor’s office.
Groups of performers dressed in military uniforms of the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War passed by the stands carrying historical combat banners on Red Square.
A total of 1,200 participants of the Great Patriotic War and four participants of the 1941 parade were invited to the event with the oldest of them having just turned 97 years old.
After the march, Muscovites were able to see part of the weapons and equipment used by Soviet soldiers during the war.
The organizers also prepared thematic interactive platforms and photo zones, showing military chronicles and domestic films about the war throughout the day.
A march in memory of the 1941 parade has been held by the Moscow government annually since 2003.
Hospital staff walk out from the ICU ward where a university student who critically injured during a protest, is treated at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Hong Kong, Friday, Nov. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong university student who fell off a parking garage after police fired tear gas during clashes with anti-government protesters died Friday, in a rare fatality after five months of unrest that is expected to intensify anger in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory.
A hospital official, identified only as Chow, said the 22-year-old died Friday morning, but couldn’t give further details.
Although the cause of his fall has not been determined, his death is bound to deepen anger among youths against police, who have been accused of heavy-handed tactics since protests demanding democratic reforms started in June.
Local media reported that Chow Tsz-Lok has been in a coma with brain injury since he was found early Monday sprawled in a pool of blood on the second floor of the building. Police believed he plunged from an upper floor but it wasn’t captured by security cameras.
Minutes earlier, television footage showed riot police firing tear gas at the building after objects were hurled down at the officers in the street when they chased off a mob. Police didn’t rule out the possibility he was fleeing from tear gas but noted officials fired from a distance. Police also denied claims that officials pushed the victim down and had delayed emergency services.
There have been only few fatalities amid the unrest, with previous reports of deaths by suicide and a man who fell to his death while hanging pro-democracy banners on a building.
At the University of Science and Technology, Chow’s colleagues staged rallies this week and on Thursday disrupted a graduation ceremony. The university president dabbed away tears as he announced Chow’s death Friday on the second day of the convocation, with the audience standing to observe a moment of silence.
Calls emerged online for memorial events Friday to mourn Chow in multiple locations including at the garage in the suburb where he fell.
The protests were sparked by a now-shelved extradition bill to mainland China that many sees as Beijing’s creeping interference on legal and other rights guaranteed to Hong Kong when the former British colony returned under Chinese rule in 1997.
The movement has since expanded to include other demands, including direct elections for the city’s leaders and an independent investigation into alleged police brutality.
Swans are seen at the Yellow River Wetland in Pinglu County, north China's Shanxi Province, Jan. 4, 2018. (Xinhua/Zhan Yan)
HARBIN (Xinhua) — In a “black swan” event, a video clip went viral showing a university worker paddle a boat out to rescue three black swans stuck on a frozen lake, only to get stranded in the ice himself.
In the footage that raised a lot of eyebrows on Sina Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, an old man struck his paddles on the ice to get the boat moving, while two swans nearby sat motionless on the icy lake.
The somewhat embarrassing sight of the otherwise graceful birds surprised and amused Chinese netizens, providing many with an excuse to make fun of the inclement winter in northern China.
“What does it feel like being a swan in northeast China?” a netizen asked tongue-in-cheek under a picture showing one of the swans standing on the ice. “Getting cold feet,” another responded.
Li Xuejie, the protagonist in the video, confirmed that the “rescue” at Harbin Normal University on Thursday morning lasted one hour in the “icy city” of Harbin, capital city of China’s northernmost Heilongjiang Province.
It happened after it snowed overnight causing the lake to freeze, “trapping” the three waterfowls, though none of them were literarily “frozen” as described in some video clips, Li told Xinhua.
“It was not actually a rescue mission but more of a yearly routine to bring them back to their winter nests in an temperature-controlled room,” said the 64-year-old whose job includes taking care of the swans.
“The swans seemed to read my mind and knew I was there to pick them up. They voluntarily got on the boat,” he said, adding that the three swans are now resting comfortably in a pond inside an temperature-controlled room.
According to the university, the three black swans were introduced to the campus lake in 2017 as a “beautiful sight.” Every winter, they return to their indoors nests under the care of specialists.
Cambodia's most prominent opposition politician Sam Rainsy clenches his fist as he is attempting to return to Cambodia Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019 at Charles de Gaulle airport, north of Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
PARIS (AP) — Cambodia’s most prominent opposition leader, Sam Rainsy, was stopped from boarding a flight in Paris on Thursday in his attempt to return home to challenge his country’s longtime autocratic leader, but he assured his followers he will go ahead with his plan.
He and fellow leaders of the banned Cambodia National Rescue Party had vowed to enter Cambodia from Thailand on Saturday to spark a popular movement to oust Prime Minister Hun Sen from power.
When Sam Rainsy tried to take a Thai Airways flight to Bangkok from Paris, where he lives in exile, Thailand’s flag carrier told him “they had received from very high up the instruction to not allow me to board,” he said.
Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said Wednesday that Sam Rainsy would not be allowed to enter Thailand because members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations — like Thailand and Cambodia — have a policy of not interfering in the affairs of neighboring countries.
Hun Sen had declared that Sam Rainsy and his colleagues would be blocked from entering Cambodia and had informed neighboring countries that they were unwelcome.
Malaysia also has hindered the free movement of Cambodian opposition politicians, stopping two party members from flying to Thailand and temporarily detaining Cambodia National Rescue Party Vice President Mu Sochua when she arrived late Wednesday night.
At Charles de Gaulle Airport outside Paris, an angry Sam Rainsy told reporters that he wouldn’t be cowed by being kept off his flight and said he plans to return via another neighboring country.
“Never, never will I abandon. We need to continue, the days of Hun Sen are numbered. Democracy will be reinstalled in the near future. It’s our conviction and our determination,” he said.
Cambodia’s most prominent opposition politician Sam Rainsy greets supporters with the national flag as he attempted to return to Cambodia Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019 at Charles de Gaulle airport, north of Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Before heading to the airport, Sam Rainsy told The Associated Press that Hun Sen is going all out to block their return because he is “very afraid.”
He later made an online broadcast on Facebook, where he has almost 4.8 million followers, calling on his compatriots not to be disappointed and remain strong.
“We will be seeking all the possibilities, all the options, in order to make sure that we are finally able to arrive in Cambodia to push for the regime change plan that our Cambodians are hungry to see,” he said.
Many human rights activists criticized ASEAN countries for attempting to block Sam Rainsy and his colleagues.
“What we are seeing now shows that the long arm of Hun Sen’s repression is reaching all over Southeast Asia. Members of ASEAN states are now collaborating with Hun Sen in making sure that there is no space for the opposition party and their network to launch any campaign to challenge Hun Sen,” said Sunai Phasuk, a senior researcher based in Thailand for the group Human Rights Watch.
Malaysia released Mu Sochua and the two other activists on Thursday even though Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad had earlier said Malaysia doesn’t want to be used as a base for political activists or interfere in the affairs of other countries.
Mu Sochua said after her release that the Malaysian government demonstrated that it abides by its own laws and makes its own decisions.
“There is hope . there is no way my spirit can be impacted by such a detention,” she told The Associated Press. “We have been struggling for democracy for the past 25 years, and I’ve also been in prison, in the prison of Mr. Hun Sen.”
Nicholas Bequelin, Amnesty International’s East and South East Asia regional director, said Malaysian authorities “have ultimately done the right thing – but the three should never have been detained in the first place. Other ASEAN states must follow suit and refuse to collude in Cambodia’s human rights abuses.”
Cambodian officials have repeatedly warned that if the opposition leaders make it back, they will be immediately arrested. Most if not all have convictions or charges pending against them in Cambodian courts, including inciting armed rebellion, despite their avowedly nonviolent intentions.
Cambodian courts are widely considered to be under the influence of the government, which employs the law to harass its opponents.
The Cambodian opposition party was dissolved by court order in late 2017, allowing Hun Sen’s ruling Cambodian People’s Party to sweep a 2018 general election.
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Ng reported from Hong Kong. Associated Press journalists Syawalludin Zain in Kuala Lumpur and Nico Garriga and Catherine Gaschka in Paris contributed to this report.
Soldiers patrol a road in Yala province on Nov. 6, 2019.
BANGKOK — Security officers on Thursday said they suspected a shadowy militant group called BRN as the party responsible for an attack that killed 15 people in Yala province.
Military officials told the media the separatist group National Revolution Front, or BRN, led Tuesday night’s fatal raid on the checkpoint, killing 15 armed volunteers and stealing their firearms. Five people were also wounded in the incident – the worst in recent years.
According to the officials, about 60 assailants participated in the attack, which started with the militants hurling homemade at the defenders before they overran the checkpoint thanks to a superior firepower.
Showing a high degree of coordination, several police and military outposts in the area also came under fire at the same time, apparently to cut off any help. Investigators said the attackers then planted IEDs along their escape route to delay pursuits.
The checkpoint attacked by the militants.
Regional army commander Lt. Gen. Pornsak Poonsawat said the military is hunting down those responsible for the killings.
“It is time for the public to come out and oppose individuals who caused violence and killed innocent people,” Lt. Gen. Pornsak told reporters.
The BRN is believed to be the most powerful and heavily armed among insurgent groups active in Yala and its neighboring provinces, known colloquially as the Deep South. The cell has been blamed for various attacks on security forces and civilians, including a string of bombings on 2016 Mother’s Day holidays.
Security officers defuse IEDs planted by suspected militants in Yala province on Nov. 6, 2019.
Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha sent his condolences to the families of the victims, which consist of male and female volunteers, and said the bloodlettings would only harden the military’s resolve.
“This incident does not demoralize us,” Gen. Prayuth said. “It would only prompt our security officials and agencies to work harder.”
Wife of Samsaming Sama, one of the two Muslims who were killed alongside their Buddhist compatriots, said she last saw Samsaming just two hours prior to the attack, when Samsaming told her he was leaving to man the post.
Sarinya Jaiya said she has yet to tell their three-year-old daughter what happened to Samsaming.
“My daughter kept asking for her father, because he bathed her every morning,” Sarinya said. “They were very close.”
Community leaders and residents in Yala province stage a rally calling for an end to violence on Nov. 6, 2019.
Thidarat Yodkaew, who lost both parents in the attack, said she’s saddened by the losses but took solace from their commitment to duty.
“The survivors told me my father fought the attackers with his gun until he ran out of bullets,” Thidarat said.
The National Human Rights Commission condemned the raid as a “cruel” act violates human rights and religious ethos.
A least 5,800 people have been killed in the Deep South since the secessionist violence erupted 15 years ago. The insurgents are aiming to secede the Muslim-majority region and revive an independent Islamic state called Patani.
LONDON — King Rama X’s eldest sister took to her Instagram to say British Airways denied her from boarding a flight Thursday morning.
Along with photos of herself enjoying the breeze in a London park on Thursday, Princess Ubolratana said she was stranded in the city because the United Kingdom’s flag carrier airline wouldn’t let her fly to Los Angeles.
“Scream! I’m so glad that I’m still here…so glad that I don’t have to work,” read the caption of her private but widely followed Instagram post. “Thank you British Airways for denying me from the flight. They said that I was too late even though I was there hours before departure time.”
A screenshot from Princess Ubolratana’s Instagram post on Nov. 7, 2019. Image: Nichax / Instagram
The princess then expressed concerns she would miss her appointment in Los Angeles, but that she is remaining calm. She then signed off with her signature hashtags.
“I have to change the flight to tomorrow on the same airline,” the caption said. “I decided to come to a park to relieve my stress, but it’s very cold. #CoolWeatherJaiYen #What’sGoingOn? #SeeYouTmrLA #WhyDidn’tYouTellMeToHurry #BusyButStillPretty.”
Most of her followers expressed sympathy for the princess.
“How could they do that to you? I don’t want to get mad because I don’t want to get wrinkles, but reading this pissed me off,” a netizen commented.
A netizen also asked her why she was late, but Princess Ubolratana insisted that she wasn’t.
“I wasn’t late, but they must cut me off because of other reasons,” the princess replied.
According to the palace’s news bulletins, Princess Ubolratana is in London to attend a tourism exhibition, where she visited Thai booths.
British Airways has yet to respond to the allegations. Its website advises passengers to be at the boarding gate at least 20 minutes before the departure time.
Ever an active social media personality, Princess Ubolratana posted photos of her trip to London during this past week, which included a visit to the London Eye observation wheel, and a video of her singing onstage of a song from the popular Thai series “My Ambulance.”
The 68-year-old has a history of going viral for endearingly eccentric posts such as the time she posted with a fake blooded head of President Donald Trump for Halloween, dressed up as Joker for a movie night, and cosplayed as Maleficent.
In February, she was nominated as a Prime Minister candidate by Thai Raksa Chart Party, but King Rama X said in a statementthat she cannot run for office.
The shirt worn by pro-democracy activist Sirawith Seritiwat when he was attacked by unidentified assailants on June 28, 2019.
BANGKOK — A blood-stained shirt is hung alongside over a hundred political T-shirts in a new exhibit at WTF Gallery and Café for all to see.
The white long-sleeve shirt, a quarter of which is covered with dried blood, struck me as a depressing sight. It was worn by pro-democracy activist Sirawith Seritiwat, aka Ja New, when he was beaten to a pulp by masked assailants in June. The attackers are yet to be identified, let alone arrested.
The shirts and other rare items associated with the junta’s five years of persecution of its dissidents are on display at the gallery in Thonglor neighborhood. The exhibition, called “Never Again,” is a must for political junkies.
The 118 T-shirts at the exhibit were produced by activists and opponents of the junta throughout the past five years as a means of broadcasting their political slogans, or simply venting out their anger.
One of them contains a message in English bordering on hate speech: “Fuck Prayuth. If you like Prayuth, Fuck You Too!” Yet another one in pink urged the pro-democracy camp to be moderate in Thai: “No vulgar words. No distortion. No incitement.”
Another one, a black T-shirt with a message “Speed Limit 112,” is a reference to the limits of freedom of expression regarding the monarchy under Article 112 of the Criminal Code. Known as lese majeste, the law criminalizes perceived criticism of the King with a maximum punishment of 15 years in jail.
The shirt comes with a garuda, an insignia of the Thai Royal Family. To wear it nowadays would be rather controversial if not risky.
Thawaphat Praengone, the curator of the exhibition, has his favorite as well.
He pointed to three letters on display, written by a single mother serving a 28-year jail term on lese majeste convictions in Chiang Mai prison. The woman, known only as Sasiwimol, was sentenced in 2015 by a military court. The letters she wrote to her daughters were heartbreaking to read.
“In the letters, she asked how her daughters were doing. It shows a mother’s love clashing with the lese majeste law, which is another kind of love that is above us, and pressing down,” Thawaphat said.
One of the letters ends with the mother telling her daughter, “please don’t cry after reading the letters”.
Another prison letter by a lese majeste convict to his lawyer contained a song in English.
“Children say whatever they see. Unlike me who couldn’t be free… Keep silent and you’ll be distant from jail. Keep saying you’ll be threatened like hell,” 67-year-old Opas wrote.
Opas was found guilty of using a felt-tip marker to write angry messages about the monarchy and the junta. He served in prison from 2014 to 2016. The black marker in question was also on display.
Despite the title of the exhibition, “Never Again”, the curator doesn’t seem to be optimistic about the future of Thailand, its freedom and democracy.
“Today we argue whether elections is a good thing or not. Or whether a soldier should become prime minister or not. We are in the retreat, despite the fact that we used to debate about the lese majeste law,” Thawaphat said. “Now we could hardly do anything.”
Nevertheless, the curator insists it is important to keep speaking out in spite of so many restrictions. An identical exhibition planned in Khon Kaen was thwarted after Khon Kaen University declined to provide its venue, and no private galleries in the city would host it, Thawaphat said.
Even on the day after the opening of the exhibition here in Bangkok, the 38-year-old Thawaphat said he spotted two visitors whom he believes to be state intelligence officers taking photos of the artwork.
Thawaphat Praengone
He lamented that the now-defunct junta continues to wield its power and repression in post-election Thailand through organizations like the Internal Security Operations Command. Sedition and cybercrime laws also replace lese majeste as an instrument of suppressing controversial views, the curator said.
“This forces ordinary folks to calculate hard before expressing themselves politically,” Thawaphat said. “They [the government] talk about security but I don’t know whose security we are talking about.”
“Never Again” Exhibits on the first and second floor of WTF Gallery and Café near Thonglor, every day except Monday from 4pm to 9pm until Nov 23. Entrance is free. Call the gallery at 02 662 6246 for more details.
Locals and expats gathered at Iconsiam to celebrate Loy Krathong festival on Nov. 22, 2018.
BANGKOK — Whether you want an opulent mall event with Mickey Mouse, an old school temple fair, or just a typical park to float your krathongs, the capital’s got you covered.
This year’s festival to pay gratitude to water spirits will take place in the evening of Nov. 11, which coincides with the full moon of the 12th month in the traditional Thai lunar calendar.
Major celebrations will be held by both the City Hall and the private sector, but the public usually also gathers at any publicly-accessible waterway to float their krathongs.
Festival-goers are encouraged to use biodegradable krathongs made of natural materials and limit to one krathong per group or family, environment minister Varawut Silpa-archa said.
He also asked members of the public to bring their own bags and containers to use in the festivities in an effort to reduce waste pollution.
Deputy transport minister Atirat Ratanasate said marine officials will be deployed at riverside piers to ensure public safety. They will also watch out for fireworks and floating lanterns which will remain banned during the day.
For Chill Bangkokians
Photo: River Festival Thailand / Facebook
Ten piers on the banks of the Chao Phraya River will hold a massive three-day celebration starting Nov. 9. The “River Festival 2019” which will feature all kinds of activities from krathong-making workshops, art and craft markets from local communities, to merit-making Buddhist rituals at riverside temples.
Just head to your nearest riverside spot – be it the touristry Asiatique, the hip Lhong 1919, or the timeless Wat Arun – and chill out to the night with live music from local bands and universities.
There will be a free shuttle boat service linking the venues from Nov. 9 to 11 from 5pm to 10.30pm. The details of participating venues can be found online and tickets can be obtained for free via TicketGo.
Photo: River Festival Thailand / FacebookPhoto: River Festival Thailand / Facebook
For Bougie Mall-goers
Photo: Iconsiam / CourtesyKrathong adorned with dragon’s head designed by the Chinese Embassy in Bangkok
At the Iconsiam mall Loy Krathong event, take selfies with figures of Mickey and Minnie dressed in Thai traditional outfits while watching real beauties take the stage in a Nang Noppamas pageant, which the public can enter – but make sure you can hold a candle standing next to actress Woranuch “Nune” Bhirombhakdi, who will be onstage as well.
Krathongs designed by 15 embassies and eight universities in Bangkok will also be on display. Last year, the Chinese Embassy adorned their float with dragon’s head, while the French Embassy represented their national icon with a steel rooster.
Admission is free.
For the Nostalgic
The Golden Mount at Wat Saket being wrapped with red cloth to observe the full moon occasion. Photo: shtv speedhorse / Flickr
The rare cool breeze should be a perfect time to distance yourself from malls and look back to temple fairs, where Bangkokians in the past went for amusement.
“The Golden Mount Temple Fair” at Wat Saket is one of the longest-running temple fairs in the capital and is now running every evening from Nov. 4 to 13 from 4pm onwards. On top of the hill, devotees make merit to Buddha relics which are stored inside the chedi, wrapped with red cloth to observe the special occasion.
At the foot of the hill, fun activities await in a carnival-like atmosphere. Foodies can enjoy street food and exotic dishes like fried insects, kai kao boiled fertilized eggs, and pong neng deep fried flavored flour.
Take your aim at some prizes at shooting game or see how eerie Thai fair ghosts can be at a haunted house, located ironically in front of the temple’s chapel. Classic rides such as a merry-go-round and ferris wheel are also available.
Of course, if you want to float your krathong, feel free to make your wish at a canal next to the temple. Admission is free.
Take refuge at the creative space Jam Factory to avoid squeezing through the crowd, where you can float your krathongs before grabbing a popcorn for outdoor screening of Thai films (“First Love,” 2010 amd “I Fine…Thank You…Love You,” 2014) from a vintage projector. Admission is free.
For the Regular Festival-goers
Khlong Ong Ang gears up for the upcoming Loy Krathong festival.
Want that classic Loy Krathong experience? A total of 30 parks around the capital will open to the public until midnight Nov. 11 for the occasion, but visitors should take note that booze will not be allowed inside.
Notable parks where you can float your krathong along the BTS line are Lumpini Park, Chatuchak Park, and Benchasiri Park. The City Hall will hold major celebrations at a park under the east bank of Rama VIII Bridge and at Khlong Ong Ang near MRT Sam Yot on Nov. 11 from 2pm to 11pm.
Note that Loy Krathong will not be allowed at Benjakiti Park, King Rama IX Park, Queen Sirikit Park, Vacharapirom Park, Siripirom Park, and Nong Bon Lake Park.
Bring the kids along to krathong making workshops where they can learn how to make their float from sustainable materials, or be inspired by Thai traditional performances and krathong making competition.
For the Environmentally Conscious
Students holding small candle krathongs at Chulalongkorn University. Photo: Chulalongkorn University
Tradition goes sustainable at Loy Krathong fairs at universities around Bangkok.
Chulalongkorn University will open its pond to the public on Nov. 11 from 5pm to 10pm, but only a small candle krathongs will be allowed.
Living up to their liberal student body name, Thammasat University’s Tha Prachan Campus will hold a Loy Krathong event under the theme “Bohemian Camping.” The fair will start 4.30pm onwards and visitors are encouraged to bring environmentally friendly krathongs with them.
A similar event will also be held at Kasetsart University in the evening. All venues will be catered by street food stalls, student booths, and concerts.
For the Couch Potato
A screenshot from online Loy Krathong site Sanook.com.
Don’t want to leave your home because of traffic, crowds, Netflix, gross couples? Technology now allows us to honor the water goddess online with zero harm to the environment.
Open your browser, pick one of the websites below, customize your krathong, type down your wish, and your krathong will float in the great pond of cyberspace.
