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Merkel urges Prayut to bring back democracy
Published on 28/11/2018
» BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday encouraged Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to lead Thailand towards democracy.
Rappers lay into junta, social conformity
AFP, Published on 13/11/2018
» "A country killing the people... doesn't give a damn about its children," spits 17-year-old Elevenfinger, one of a legion of acerbic young rappers ripping into politics, dire education system and calcifying social mores.
Rap shines light on regime's archaic thinking
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 10/11/2018
» A couple of days ago I got over my reluctance and clicked on the new rap song on YouTube.
The aesthetics of resistance
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 05/11/2018
» For the past four years, we've received a steady diet of the junta's theme songs that preach about "returning happiness" and the virtues of peace, order and nationalism. Since last week, however, the anthem that has stolen the thunderbolt is Prathet Ku Mee (What My Country’s Got), an infectious viral rap by a group called Rap Against Dictatorship.
Majority indifferent to 'Prathet Ku Mee': Nida Poll
Online Reporters, Published on 04/11/2018
» A majority of people say they haven't watched the video or heard the song "Prathet Ku Mee" (What My Country's Got), and most who have say they are indifferent to it, according to an opinion survey by the National Institute for Development Administration, or Nida Poll.
Between the verses
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 04/11/2018
» Two songs threatened to bring down Thai society in just the last seven days. One was about the evils of military rule.
'My country's got' these socio-political ills
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 02/11/2018
» The explosive Rap Against Dictatorship music video that has taken Thailand by storm has raised myriad socio-political questions and issues. Known in Thai as Prathet Ku Mee, the sensational music video has been viewed on YouTube more than 25 million times in just 10 days in a country of 69 million people, a feat in its own right and a record for its artistic kind in Thailand. How this five-minute rap song in the Thai language has done so much says a lot about where Thailand has been and where it is going.
'Lame' government rap responds to 'Prathet Ku Mee'
Published on 02/11/2018
» An official government Thailand 4.0 rap video was played to introduce Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's remarks to about 500 attendees of a conference on startups at Government House on Thursday.
'Prathet Ku Mee' spun for stroke awareness
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/11/2018
» A medical network has produced a spin-off of the controversial rap song Prathet Ku Mee (What My Country's Got) as a part of its campaign to promote stroke awareness and prevention.
Cops, PM renew complaints over rap song
Gary Boyle, Published on 31/10/2018
» Deputy national police chief Srivara Ransibrahmanakul has lodged a police complaint against the administrators of four Facebook pages, which he said defamed him in relation to an investigation into the controversial rap song Prathet Ku Mee (What My Country's Got).