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Child's TikTok stardom lures gunman
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 06/03/2022
» Ava Majury downloaded TikTok when she was 13, and at the height of the pandemic lockdowns a year later had more than a million followers. Her fans, nearly three-quarters of them male, watched her lip-sync and dance to trending music on an account with the profile message, "Hey, I love you!!"
Eradicating abuse
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 07/09/2020
» Phanchita Thanaweekittichot, editor-in-chief and translator at Mangmoom Book, broke into tears while reading the Taiwanese children's book Butterfly And Duoduo's Little Secret by Chia-Hui Hsin. She was devastated by the memory of an unpleasant experience she thought she had already forgotten.
Road to equality
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 06/04/2020
» Indian film actor Celina Jaitly faced a lot of discrimination and harassment during the early years of her career. When she started out as a 16-year old in Kolkata, she was going against her entire family because she wanted to make a life for herself.
Telling difficult stories
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 30/06/2019
» A 40-year-old grandmother in the northeastern province of Roi Et brought her 3-year-old granddaughter to police and asked to lodge a complaint against her new 50-year-old husband who she believed had sexually abused the girl.
Singapore outlaws online sexual offences
Gary Boyle, Published on 08/05/2019
» Singapore has outlawed "revenge porn" and "cyber-flashing" -- sending unsolicited images of one's genitals -- the latest country to clamp down on sexual offences committed online.
Singapore outlaws 'revenge porn', 'cyber-flashing'
AFP, Published on 07/05/2019
» SINGAPORE: Singapore has outlawed "revenge porn" and "cyber-flashing" -- sending unsolicited images of one's private parts -- the latest country to clamp down on sexual offences committed online.
Abuse scandals loom over pope's landmark Ireland visit
AFP, Published on 25/08/2018
» DUBLIN - Pope Francis faces calls to take tougher action against abuse as he visits Ireland this weekend -- a country where multiple scandals have badly damaged the image of the Catholic Church.
House RCA retrospective honours Japanese Palme d'Or winner
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 27/07/2018
» Hirokazu Kore-eda's Shoplifters will open in Thailand on Aug 2, two months after the film won the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival. Among modern Japanese filmmakers, Kore-eda has amassed the strongest following in Thailand, largely due to the fortunate fact that most of his films -- not all, mind you -- have opened commercially here since 2004. To pave the mood for Shoplifters, a gem of a family drama that finally brought the 56-year-old director one of the highest honours in international cinema, the Thai distribution Mongkol Major brings back seven films by the master in a Kore-eda Retrospective programme at House RCA, starting today.
Bringing home tolerance
Muse, Published on 17/03/2018
» In fiery red and beaming with happiness, Nguyen Huong Giang won the crown of the famed transgender beauty pageant Miss International Queen 2018 -- held last week in Pattaya -- in front of a cheering crowd within Miss Tiffany's Show Theatre, which has been home to this competition since its beginning in 2004.
The Pac-Man gets the sack, man
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 25/02/2016
» Gender equality the hot topic at Bangkok Edge Festival