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Life as a meal
Life, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 05/12/2025
» A national team swimmer, a pioneer of the Chef's Table private dining experience, a celebrity chef who has served as judge and head chef trainer on popular cooking shows as Top Chef Thailand and Restaurant War Thailand, veteran chef Supamongkon Supapipat, better known as chef Art, is under fire. He is returning to an intense, high-stakes culinary contest, but trading the judge's chair for the kitchen's heat in Iron Chef Thailand.
Real justice shouldn't be entertaining
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 15/02/2022
» It is ironic, as laughable as it is sad. Facetiously, dramatically and almost jokingly, justice was literally seen to be done via the live streaming of an event last week when local residents and reporters stormed into a monk's quarters and found a woman hiding there at night.
'Squid Game' rings true in our new reality
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 12/10/2021
» The warning does come across like a sick joke. Following the popularity of Netflix’s series Squid Game, deputy police spokesman Pol Col Kissana Phathanacharoen told parents to beware of violence seen in the show.
Govt dials in to 'reopen' from Planet Clueless
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 22/06/2021
» Are Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha and his team from another planet? Or is the government's language different from ours?
Why the war on uniforms scares 'phuyai' witless
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 08/12/2020
» Why has the campaign against school uniforms, which has struck a chord only among some students, so irked the phuyai or adults in Thai society?
Economy needs expertise, not inexperience
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 30/06/2020
» The backlash against Narumon Pinyosinwat, the government spokeswoman recently promoted to head the ruling Palang Pracharath Party's economic team, reflects just the tail end of the administration's failures.
Moguls mustn't have monopoly on exit strategy
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 21/04/2020
» Ask me. Ask salary earners who have seen their monthly incomes slashed to save their companies. Ask restaurant owners and SMEs whose business virtually disappeared overnight while expenses have continued to mount. Ask workers who were made jobless and penniless as soon as the lockdown began.
'Ja New' attack signals return of political violence
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 02/07/2019
» In Avengers: Endgame, Tilda Swinton's character, the Ancient One, warned the heroes not to mess with time.
Why haven't we learnt anything from our past?
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 11/06/2019
» As anti-monarchy accusations fly and self-serving coalition politics becomes the name of the game, Thai politics has arrived at another critical junction.
Premier's many hats leave voters' heads spinning
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 05/03/2019
» So what exactly is Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha? A state official? A public figure? A "Deep State" boss, or a shape-shifting entity that can come up with new avatars just as he pleases to stay ahead in the game of power?