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Corrupt monks have lost their way
Oped, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 14/07/2025
» Just as Thailand was about to celebrate Asalha Bucha Day and the start of Buddhist Lent, the nation was gripped by the biggest sex scandal ever to rock its clergy. How irony.
Pageant for progress
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 14/07/2025
» There is more to a gay pageant than crowning the good-looking, charismatic winner. Beneath the glamorous veneer lies an expectation that the candidate have goodwill and sacrifice himself for the community. And this is what the champion of Mr. Gay Universe Thailand 2025 should embody.
University of Hong Kong warns student over AI-generated porn pics of classmates
Published on 13/07/2025
» Hong Kong's oldest university has issued a warning letter to a male law student accused of making pornographic images of fellow classmates and other women by using artificial intelligence (AI).
China detains female ‘boys love’ writers in porn crackdown
Published on 09/07/2025
» BEIJING - Police in China have detained dozens of young women authors in a genre of gay erotica widely known in Asia as “boys’ love” during a nationwide crackdown on online pornography, lawyers and activists familiar with the cases say.
Tears, prayers, exultation: Diddy radiates relief after partial acquittal
AFP, Published on 03/07/2025
» NEW YORK - His gaze to the ceiling in exultation and hands miming prayer, Sean Combs appeared overjoyed as the jury foreman cleared the music mogul's name of sweeping charges that took a life-sentence in prison off the table.
‘Diddy’ guilty of prostitution offences, cleared of more serious charges
Published on 02/07/2025
» NEW YORK - Sean “Diddy” Combs was found guilty on Wednesday of prostitution-related offences but cleared of more serious charges, in a blow to prosecutors who had urged a jury to find him guilty of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking.
Jurors in Sean Combs trial reach verdict on all but one count
New York Times, Published on 02/07/2025
» NEW YORK — A jury in Manhattan reached a partial verdict Tuesday in the federal case against music mogul Sean Combs, but it did not announce its decision because it was deadlocked on a final charge of racketeering conspiracy. The jury left for the night and will return to continue deliberating Wednesday morning.
Is being born as an LGBTI person a medical issue?
Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 30/06/2025
» June is a propitious time to remember the history of lesbian, gay, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people and their struggles to overcome discrimination and violence. One of the difficulties confronting them throughout the ages has been how the medical sector and related science view them, and how they should be treated by medical classifications. What is the situation today both locally and globally?
Rwanda and DR Congo sign peace deal in US
AFP, Published on 28/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo signed a peace agreement on Friday in Washington to end fighting that has killed thousands, with the two countries pledging to pull back support for guerrillas — and President Donald Trump boasting of securing mineral wealth.
Why tourists baulk
Postbag, Published on 28/06/2025
» Re: "Israeli market poised to contract amid war", (Business, June 21).