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Thai idols fall in line with orthodoxy
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 01/09/2018
» Poor coup-makers, no one wants to see them on TV. At 6pm sharp when the theme song begins, there's a rush of hands to the remote control. Not that you can escape them. The true mark of dictatorship is audiovisual dictatorship: They beam their images on every TV and radio channel, monopolising your sensory reception, like a sci-fi movie, or like a spoiled child demanding your full attention. At 6pm every day for the past four years, the hands clutching the remote have reached for the only possible button. Off.
Spoken crime tells the tale of two singers
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 31/03/2018
» In a rare ruling, on Thursday the Criminal Court acquitted firebrand and former-singer Tom Dundee in a lese majeste case. He actually pleaded guilty, but in a legal paradox that is as baffling as it is mitigating, the court said it could not rule against the defendant despite his guilty plea since the prosecution failed to provide substantial evidence.
'Boss', 'Pai' and the casino of (in)justice
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 29/07/2017
» Place your bets on what's going to happen first: Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya being brought to court, or Jatupat "Pai Dao Din" Boonpattararaksa being granted bail.
A tale of wise men, fools and Facebook
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 30/05/2014
» The camouflaged iceberg hit the already punctured Titanic, and we mistook it for a lifeboat. I wasn’t on the ship when it happened; I learned about it, naturally, from Facebook, Twitter and Line. If social media had a smell, it would smell like dust and rotting fruit (or to some, flowers). More likely it would smell like napalm in the morning, as Robert Duvall said in that film. It would smell like fear mistaken for the stench of victory.
4 wheels good, protection from the law better!
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 22/06/2013
» Italian super luxury car maker Rambikini proudly announces the launch of an exclusive limited edition of three models especially for Thai politicians, first-born sons of obscenely wealthy businessmen and luxury-loving monks. This last group has emerged as the company's untapped demographic (we bang our foreheads for not having thought of them sooner) whose sacred aura and talismanic power will surely lend our supercars with an unprecedented mixture of spirituality and materialism.
Silence, please!
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 28/03/2012
» Silence has now joined the Bengal tiger on the list of endangered species.