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Govt denies seizing BBC footage
News, Published on 19/09/2025
» The Ministry of Tourism and Sports said no government officials seized any footage during the shooting of a controversial BBC documentary about sex tourism in Thailand titled Thailand: The Dark Side of Paradise.
Thai gallery removes China-focused artworks after ‘pressure’ from Beijing
Published on 08/08/2025
» One of Thailand’s top art galleries removed, at China's request, materials about Beijing's treatment of ethnic minorities and Hong Kong from an exhibit on authoritarian governments, according to a curator and communications seen by Reuters.
New bill to deregulate film industry
News, Published on 18/04/2025
» The Ministry of Culture is moving to amend the Film and Video Act (2008) to boost Thailand's film-making industry's competitiveness on the global stage.
Smoker's rights
Postbag, Published on 05/01/2025
» Re: "Milan says no to all outdoor smoking in Italy's toughest ban" (BP, Jan 1).
A love affair intensifies
Business, Kuakul Mornkum, Published on 21/10/2024
» Since launching in 2014, the popularity and number of Thai LGBTQ+ TV shows depicting positive and diverse stories of male-male romance, known as Boys' Love (BL) or Y series, has increased, gaining momentum during the pandemic.
Unlocking Girls' Love
Life, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 07/10/2024
» While the Boys' Love genre has grown in popularity, received support and become an important driver for Thai economic growth, Girls' Love (GL) still lacks support to realise its full potential and create awareness about the diversity of love.
All the world's a stage
Business, Kuakul Mornkum, Published on 08/07/2024
» If Thailand wants its creative industry to grow domestically and internationally, all stakeholders must unite and reform the industry from the ground up, according to the soft power development subcommittee.
From past to present
Life, Published on 12/06/2024
» When photographer Manit Sriwanichpoom visited Wat Mahathat in Ayutthaya in 2021, he was surprised to see broken Buddha statues. What was unique was broken parts of the Buddha statues were replaced with fragments from other Buddha statues. He wondered why the Fine Arts Department structured Buddha statues that way, since the fragments were a mismatch.
Reforming Thai cinema
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 03/06/2024
» It has been eight months since the National Soft Power Strategy Committee was established under the government of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin. Meanwhile, the Thai film industry, supported by the Thailand Creative Culture Agency, has not seen any significant changes.
'Foul is fair': Shakespeare ban is lifted
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 21/02/2024
» The Supreme Administrative Court ended an 11-year ban on domestic screenings of the controversial movie Shakespeare Tong Tai (Shakespeare Must Die) on Tuesday.