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Southern Thai novel wins 2021 SEA Write Award
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 13/01/2022
» Siriworn Kaewkarn's The Story Of Defun, a novel that recounts the settlement of Thailand's Southern region, has been awarded the 2021 SEA Write Award for the top novel, the SEA Write Organising Committee announced on Monday.
The sounds of 2019
Life, Published on 30/12/2019
» It's been an eventful year for live music in Thailand, with regard to domestic and international acts. Alongside the big names that came to town, we also got to see a variety of exciting alternative artists as well. Much of this is thanks to the rapid growth of independent concert promoters.
Mangosteen to rock Bitec
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 21/02/2019
» The Mangosteen Music Festival will return for its third edition at Bitec Bangna Hall 106 on Friday with an exciting line-up including world-famous Irish indie popsters Kodaline and local talents Polycat and Phum Viphurit.
Cooking tropical treats
Muse, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 22/03/2014
» Tropical fruits are a familiar sight in Thailand. From very young, Thais eat mango, durian, pineapple, banana, coconut, rambutan, papaya, lychee, mangosteen and more. Simply put, Thailand is the Land of Fruits.
The beautiful and dangerous side of love
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 20/04/2012
» Love is lost, found, wretched, hopeful, torn asunder by distance, karma, doubt, accent, then reunited by melody and maybe death. Chookiat Sakverakul's generically titled Home _ the Thai name is more twee, Kwamrak Kwamsuk Kwam Songjam, "love, happiness and memory" _ homes in for the bittersweetness present at the various phases of romance, young or not, heterosexual or else. The movie has the flavour of a well-crafted melodrama that makes love cuddly, its dagger hidden. Most romantic movies warn of the monster lying in wait yet make you want to fall in love anyway (from the right angle, a love story is a hairbreadth away from a horror), and Home, all 140 minutes of it, fulfils that function with the efficiency of a Manhattan wedding planner.
Teaching the dead
Kangsadarn Suksomstarn, Published on 30/03/2012
» Dead bodies being bestowed with songs, poetry and education aren't what the average art exhibition has in store. However after a few minutes strolling around an Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook exhibition you become aware that her work is on a different planet to normal, as death, insanity and brutality are issues Araya's art delves deeply into. Her current exhibition, The Two Planet Series (2007-8), sees Thai villagers freely responding to artistic masterpieces of the 19th Century. Her previous work involves her singing to dead bodies, dressing up a suicide victim's corpse and filming the insane. So where does all this morbidity come from?