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Memories stained with Rouge
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 15/10/2015
» This year marks the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the Khmer Rouge regime's four-year massacre that resulted in nearly 2 million Cambodian deaths.
The bubbling cauldron
Life, Sawarin Suwichakornpong, Published on 23/03/2015
» On April 22 last year, at the Western Pacific Naval Symposium in Qingdao, China, 21 Pacific countries signed the "Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea (Cues)" to generate mutual understanding and international co-operation in regards to the use of the seas. Cues is not legally binding but its role is clear: to reduce tension that results from maritime conflicts arising out of overlapping interests of member nations. It doesn't apply specifically to particular nations or particular areas. Its timing, however, is crucially relevant to one particular body of water in the Indo-Pacific: the South China Sea.
The cinema bridge
Life, Published on 24/09/2014
» Looking for her lead actor, director Nichaya Boonsiripan spent three months hanging out at the Immigration Service Centre for Legalised Labourers of Three Nationalities (Myanmar, Cambodian and Laos). She finally picked up Aung Naing Soe for the film Myanmar In Love In Bangkok (Ruk Pasa A-Rai), a romantic comedy about love between a Thai woman and a male migrant worker from Myanmar, which is currently showing in selected cinemas.
A decade at House
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 27/06/2014
» House has been a home for small films — small in Thailand at least — for the past 10 years. In a city where stand-alone cinemas are listed as a severely endangered species, the boutique theatre House in the RCA strip (of all places) is a welcome anomaly in the scene dominated by neon-splashed multiplexes that dictate the popular taste of the whole country.
Four different showcases to hit Bangkok
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 04/03/2014
» Eric Clapton was a recent casualty of our unending political upheaval. The guitarist’s concert was cancelled, and it’s not the only one. It’s very unfortunate that the Silverlake Festival, slated for March, was also postponed. We now wonder if we’ll be able to see Nine Inch Nails, Foals and others without flying to neighbouring countries.
Month-Long asean treat for movie buffs
Life, Published on 07/11/2013
» Movie buffs in Thailand will have the chance to learn more about neighbouring countries through films that will screen at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre and Bangkok University's Rangsit campus throughout the month.
The sound of twelve
Life, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 31/10/2013
» What does number 12 mean to you?
A licence to kill
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 21/10/2013
» A white lie a good many people tell is that when they say that they have read a literary classic or a best-selling novel, they have only seen its celluloid adaptation. They fail to realise that in virtually every case the screenwriters have made changes _ adding and deleting characters, changing venues, often the ending of the story.
Southeast Asia's kaleidoscope of sounds
Life, John Clewley, Published on 23/04/2013
» The Asean Economic Community (AEC) is due to open the markets of 10 countries in Southeast Asia in 2015 and much has been written about how best to prepare to take advantage of the opportunities the economic union will bring.
Asia's alter ego
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 29/03/2013
» Two upcoming film showcases explore the many faces of Asean and offer a close look at Thailand.