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Agents of change
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 30/03/2026
» In The Shipper (2020), Pan and Soda enjoy pairing young men in yaoi fiction, especially two popular students Kim and Way. Following a bike accident, the grim reaper puts Pan's and Kim's soul in the wrong bodies. Pan recovers in his, while Kim remains unconscious in hers. As the god of death is looking for a solution, Pan must navigate life in her senior's body, giving her opportunities to make Kim and Way closer.
Anime embraces Boys' Love, highlights queerphobia
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 04/10/2025
» A rural village in Kubitachi, Japan, is humming with the sound of summer. Cicadas sing in deafening chorus. Sweat drips in the sweltering heat. Against this backdrop, two young lads savour melting ice cream on carefree days.
Three nights of film frights kick off today
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 04/07/2025
» The Bangkok Horror Film Festival debuts today at the Metropolitan Waterworks Authority's Maen Si building in Bangkok. Running from today until Sunday, the free event features outdoor screenings, horror exhibitions, short film contests and stories from filmmakers, actors and others. It runs from 5pm to midnight.
Royal Oak Concept gets a new hero
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 09/06/2023
» More than 60 years since his debut in 1962, Marvel's arachnid superhero is slinging from a comic book to a horological tower. In collaboration with the entertainment powerhouse, Audemars Piguet (AP) has unveiled the Royal Oak Concept Tourbillon Spider-Man that breaks the boundary between popular culture and high-end watchmaking.
Songs for life as it's no longer lived
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 17/04/2023
» Ad Carabao's new song Prachathipatung revives the myth of vote-buying and ignorance in rural society. The title is a coinage blending prachathipatai (democracy) and tung (money). On the track, parents ask children to return to their home village to vote for local politicians who give them money. It puts into song from the political discourse of an urban middle class that expresses disdain for villagers along with antipathy for one type of money politics as well as full-fledged democracy.
Young protesters add fuel to fire lit by extinguished Future Forward
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 22/11/2020
» After first being inspired by the now-defunct Future Forward Party (FFP), young protesters are now looking to the past as they revive the spirit of the 1932 Siamese Revolution, a forum was told.
US turns focus to South China Sea
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 14/07/2020
» Last week, US army chief of staff Gen James McConville visited Thailand to strengthen the 65-year-old military alliance, culminating in the signing of the Strategic Vision Statement. Early this month, China held a five-day naval drill near the contested Paracel Islands. Then the US carried out military exercises in the waterway showing support for the free and open Indo-Pacific, as the South China Sea has been subject to overlapping claims by many countries, including China.
Nobel winner praises Thai virus fight
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 11/07/2020
» Nobel prize-winning economist Amartya Sen yesterday told a conference that Thailand is among the developing countries with a higher level of education and urged it to go the extra mile.
'Strategy' winning fight against virus, forum told
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 11/06/2020
» Public health measures and more than 1,000 epidemiological teams conducting contact-tracing nationwide have been hailed as key factors in curbing the spread of the coronavirus, a forum was told.
Sex workers left in cold by outbreak
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 23/05/2020
» Thousands of sex workers have been denied access to relief cash amid the coronavirus outbreak despite their contribution to the once-thriving tourism industry, a forum was told.