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Downplaying the politics
Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 20/09/2013
» Singapore in the early 1960s. Political and racial tensions are escalating as the British prepare to withdraw from one of their oldest colonies. Members of cut-throat Chinese secret societies share the same back streets as well-paid European expats slumming it in the island's fleshpots. This is the backdrop to Serangoon Road, HBO Asia's first original series.
Accept no imitations
Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 12/09/2013
» Compared to other art forms, contemporary dance showcases don't come by these shores all that often. Luckily for Bangkokians, from tomorrow until Sunday, local audiences will be treated with a spectacle performance created by a group of Australian and Thai dancers.
Love in residence
Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 14/08/2013
» Those who were missing the Toot Yung Gallery, which has been out of the Bangkok arts scene for a while, have nothing to fear _ it's back and bigger than ever. The relocated and renamed Toot Yung Art Center has reopened with a splash in the more convenient on Ekamai Soi 2 with a showcase from resident artist Florence Lucas, aka K.I.M.
Hormones running rampant
Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 12/07/2013
» On the floor between rows of desks in an empty classroom, we see two pairs of feet, seemingly entwined. We don't see bodies or faces, but the uniform shoes tell us they are a teenaged boy and girl. We hear the girl's voice: "You got it?" A pause. "Give it to me, I'll put it on for you."
In the frame
Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 19/12/2012
» Two young Thai directors discuss their new feature films that open tomorrow, both of which explore the nature of chance and the impact of people's decisions on themselves and others
When youth lookinto anabyss
Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 05/11/2012
» Two years ago Seoul National University professor Kim Rando decided to write something besides academic papers. A collection of self-empowering essays for frustrated university students, Kim's Youth, It's Painful is a simple yet powerful book of advice, written in the voice of a father talking his son or a teacher to his students. It has made history in the South Korean literary scene with 762 reprints and has sold more than two million copies.
Fans say Yes
Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 26/07/2012
» When the actors and director of the Thai film Yes Or No visited the Shanghai International Film Festival last year, they were amazed that 800-plus Chinese fans were waiting to greet them at the airport. What was even more surprising was how the small-budget, lesbian-themed flick from a foreign country could attract such a following when the film was never screened in China.
Daring to speak its name
Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 26/01/2012
» Shortly after we embraced the arrival of 2012 there was good tidings for the LGBT community when several local newspapers broke the story of two gay men from the South who found each other through Facebook and went on to solemnise their relationship by hosting a traditional wedding, which was attended by both sets of parents. Since same-sex marriage is not legal in Thailand, all the guys gained from the ceremony was a happy memory and recognition of the union by their nearest and dearest.