BEM Art Training 2025 is returning by popular request, offering free art tutoring for students in grades 10-12 who want to strengthen their skills and build portfolios for applications to university art programs. Organized by Bangkok Expressway and Metro Company (BEM), the program features instruction from Pisanu Wararueksa, a special lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture, Art and Design at King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang. The course covers drawing fundamentals including proportion, form, structure, light and shadow, as well as creative drawing through new visual perspectives and perception processes. Course 1 meets every Saturday from September 5 through November 28, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Art Learning Centre near MRT Khlong Toei Station. Students receive free materials and a certificate upon completion. Interested students in grades 10-12 may submit applications with drawing samples via QR code through August 31, 2025 (limited spots). Selections will be made by instructor Boonkwang Noncharoen and expert judges, with results announced on Facebook. For more information, call 0-2345-2000 ext. 184345 or contact BEM Bangkok Expressway and Metro on Facebook or X.

CHONBURI — Residents of a condominium in Pattaya were evacuated early Monday after a fire tore through a sixth-floor room, causing extensive damage but no injuries.

Police were alerted at about 02:36 to a fire from the sixth floor in Building D at the condominium in Bang Lamung district, Chonburi. Firefighters, disaster-relief teams and rescue volunteers responded as smoke spread through the building.

Thai and foreign residents were evacuated while firefighters worked to prevent the blaze from spreading. The fire was brought under control after about two hours.

The room's owner said she woke after smelling smoke and found flames in the kitchen near an electric stove. She grabbed her phone and fled to seek help from neighbours and condominium staff, but the fire spread quickly.

She said she suspected her cat may have stepped on the stove's power switch, claiming something similar had happened before. However, the cause has not been confirmed.

Forensic officers from Chonburi's Regional Forensic Science Division 2 will inspect the scene to determine how the fire started.

Songkhla: The Faculty of Medicine at Prince of Songkhla University (PSU) has unveiled its PSU CAR-T Cell cancer treatment technology, which has achieved a 90 percent recovery rate in patients. The university is rapidly constructing a manufacturing facility targeting production of over 100 patient treatments annually.

On August 4, 2026, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nalinee Govitwanawong, Vice Dean of Administration at PSU's Faculty of Medicine, revealed progress in treating blood cancer patients. The faculty has introduced an innovative CAR-T Cell therapy to treat lymphoma, leukemia, and autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), with treatment results showing nearly 90 percent of patients achieved full recovery.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Chakrawadee Chulamani, Director of the Center of Excellence in Stem Cell Transplantation and Cell Therapy, stated that the faculty has researched and developed the PSU CAR-T Cell treatment innovation to reduce costs from importing foreign products priced at nearly 20 million baht to just 2 million baht per treatment.

"To sustain treatment system development, PSU's Faculty of Medicine has constructed a manufacturing facility for PSU CD19CAR-T Cell production to increase capacity from approximately 30 patients annually to over 100 patients per year, while establishing partnerships with the private sector and international networks to expand treatment and scale up globally," Assoc. Prof. Dr. Chakrawadee said.

Regarding private sector collaboration, the Faculty of Medicine has partnered with Bangkok Phuket Hospital Company Limited to sign a cooperation agreement for developing CAR-T Cell Therapy innovation, combining academic expertise, research capabilities, and medical services.

The collaboration aims to establish systematic, safe, and standardized patient care with advanced innovations including Precision Medicine and Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs), alongside comprehensive care systems encompassing patient selection, suitability assessment, treatment planning, safety monitoring, complication surveillance, and long-term outcome follow-up by multidisciplinary teams.

This partnership focuses on increasing access to advanced treatment for patients in the Andaman region, southern Thailand, and international patients, as part of establishing an international-standard advanced medical center based on safety standards, research excellence, and genuine patient benefit, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Chakrawadee stated.

Senior police leadership and the Police Wives Association distributed relief packages including eggs, rice, and drinking water to 120 officers stationed at Lad Prao Police Station to boost morale and acknowledge their dedication to duty. The recipients also received various food items such as red pork rice, noodles, and seafood, along with recognition certificates for two officers who helped apprehend dangerous individuals. Police General Siam Bunysom remarked that the initiative aims to visit and support all officers across 35 police stations, emphasizing the importance of maintaining public safety and building confidence in Bangkok's security despite increasing workload pressures.

BANGKOK: The discovery of civil service exam fraud is expected to cost 5,925 local government employees their jobs this month, Deputy Interior Minister Worasit Liangprasit said yesterday (Aug 3).

Actress Kornnapas Om apologized for the misunderstanding caused by a recent live broadcast with Gig Suwatchanee, emphasizing she had no intention to interrupt or show disrespect. Om explained that she apologized to Gig immediately after the incident occurred and called again to apologize, with Gig accepting and asking if she needed any other support. Om acknowledged that she will be more careful in future live broadcasts, even in informal settings with close colleagues.

Regarding fake news about the incident, Om said the channel and legal team are handling it. She expressed relief that there are no longer harsh comments being posted online. At a recent Smooth E product launch event, Om and fellow entertainer Linger Linger also discussed their participation in a girls cup sports event, where both experienced physical strain during the competition. Linger said she was proud to participate fully despite not being a dancer, while Om revealed she had briefly gone to the hospital with stomach pain before returning to work. Both asked fans not to worry about them.