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Siam Society heads up global warming activities
Life, Published on 29/09/2025
» Siam Society presents a diverse series of free discussions, exhibitions and a musical performance for the inaugural edition of Bangkok Climate Action Week, which kicked off yesterday and runs until Saturday.
Greenpeace highlights injustice at Bangkok Climate Action Week
Life, Published on 29/09/2025
» Bangkok Climate Action Week continues with its ambitious programme that brings nonprofits, community leaders, experts, artists, activists, policymakers and the public together to showcase and co-create meaningful climate solutions across the city, until Saturday.
Written in blood
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 21/07/2025
» In 2015, Joe Freeman and Aung Naing Soe noticed the prominent status of poetry in Myanmar politics. At the time, both journalists heard that Maung Saungkha, a 23-year-old poet, posted a poem about having a tattoo of an unnamed president on his penis on Facebook. Saungkha, however, was charged for defaming former president Thein Sein under telecommunication law, serving a six-month jail term.
In love, in law
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 30/06/2025
» Nareeluc Pairchaiyapoom, director of the International Human Rights Division at the Ministry of Justice, spent more than 15 years working on the legalisation of same-sex marriage, which finally took effect early this year. She said, however, "it is just the first step to make everybody aware of equal rights".
Dough therapy
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 21/04/2025
» Oranong Chanasit, an activist, took a bakery course to learn how to knead dough in the hope of teaching hilltribe children, but encountered a life-changing experience.
The last stand
Life, Published on 25/03/2025
» Hearts were broken when the Property Management of Chulalongkorn University (PMCU) greenlit the decision to raze Scala Cinema, the last stand-alone cinema in Bangkok, in 2020 despite opposition from activists who attempted to save the cinema's irreplaceable art deco architecture.
The trends at Paris Women's Fashion Week
AFP, Published on 10/03/2025
» PARIS - Lots of fur and leather, ever-expanding shoulder pads and shoes, splashes of yellow: AFP looks at some of the trends from Paris Women's Fashion Week, which wraps up on Tuesday.
Teaching gender diversity
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 10/03/2025
» "I am bisexual like a papaya flower," said Jirajade Wisetdonwail.
Legendary singer Roberta Flack passes away at 88
Life, Published on 27/02/2025
» Roberta Flack, the legendary American singer and pianist, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by family on Monday. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Flack left an indelible mark on the music world with iconic hits such as Killing Me Softly With His Song, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and Feel Like Makin' Love.