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Myanmar LGBTQ people plea for help
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 20/05/2024
» While Pride Month is around the corner in Thailand, Burmese LGBTQ people live under the Tatmadaw's shadow, waiting for help from their Thai counterparts.
The khon spectacle is merrier than ever
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 20/11/2018
» The Support Foundation's annual khon performance never fails to entertain its audience. This year's instalment is a hugely enjoyable production of The Allegiance Of Phiphek episode from the Ramakien. The acting, dancing, costumes and props are as impressive as ever. And while the production may be restricted to a slightly more economical setting, this has been compensated for with funnier dialogue, including plenty of satirical gags riffing on current events.
The return of royal khon
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 26/09/2018
» The wait is over for the return of the annual khon masked dance. The much-loved performance by the Foundation for the Promotion of Supplementary Occupations and Related Techniques (Support Foundation) of HM Queen Sirikit under the Reign of King Rama IX will make a comeback at the Thailand Cultural Centre from Nov 3 until Dec 5, this time featuring an episode called The Allegiance Of Phiphek.
Men describe rape, torture by Sri Lanka government
Associated Press, Published on 09/11/2017
» LONDON: One of the men tortured in Sri Lanka said he was held for 21 days in a small dank room where he was raped 12 times, burned with cigarettes, beaten with iron rods and hung upside-down.
Ninth suspect in Chinese-kidnapping gang surrenders
Online Reporters, Published on 15/08/2017
» A former soldier turned himself in on Tuesday after he was suspected of joining a major general's alleged extortion gang targeting Chinese business people in Thailand. He denied involvement.
UN child sex ring left victims but no arrests
Associated Press, Published on 13/04/2017
» PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - In the ruins of a tropical hideaway where jet-setters once sipped rum under the Caribbean sun, the abandoned children tried to make a life for themselves. They begged and scavenged for food, but they never could scrape together enough to beat back the hunger, until the UN peacekeepers moved in a few blocks away.
Mother of pub beating suspect calls for justice
Online Reporters, Published on 30/11/2016
» The mother of Kritsana "Ball" Amitsoon, suspected of ordering the beating of a general's son at Malin Sky pub in Chiang Mai, has called for justice from the public, saying that her son felt threatened.
Whitewash at Chiang Saen
News, Published on 02/10/2016
» Last week, word reached the upper echelons of power that a movie was being released in Hong Kong and the cold sweat was obvious.
PM mulls 'Operation Mekong' ban
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 28/09/2016
» A Hong Kong-Chinese action film re-enacting the murder of 13 Chinese sailors on the Mekong River in 2011 by a notorious Myanmar drug kingpin will be banned from being screened in Thailand if it is found to "damage" the country, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said Tuesday.
Children use dolls to practise beheading in IS training camp
News, Published on 21/07/2015
» The children each received a doll and a sword. Then they were lined up, more than 120 of them, and given their next lesson by their Islamic State (IS) group instructors: Behead the doll.