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Artist transforms remnants of war into instruments of healing
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 26/01/2026
» An installation by Vietnamese-American artist Tuan Andrew Nguyen transforms remnants of the Vietnam War into healing.
Straddling two worlds
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 11/12/2025
» When I visited Istanbul for the first time, I learned a joke from Gocke, my local guide, who goes to work by undersea train every day. "But you can't see anything," she laughed. For her, it takes only four minutes to cross from Asia to Europe, under the Bosphorus Strait that divides the ancient city.
Courageously different
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 25/10/2025
» Growing up queer and neurodivergent, Phatcharacom Nopacoh is easily triggered by external stimuli, especially light, sound and touch. However, very few recognise their neurodiverse conditions.
The primordial comes to the present at Panic Room show in Chiang Mai
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 08/10/2025
» A new exhibition by Arnont Nongyao and NooN Collective presents their recordings of fungus at Panic Room (DC Collection) in Chiang Mai.
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.
A capitalist nightmare
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 25/07/2025
» Thump thump bump. Netflix's psychological thriller Wall To Wall envisions a dystopian contemporary South Korea. It is a cautionary tale of late-stage capitalist society fraught with economic volatility, mental breakdowns and class divide.
Rebirth in exile
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 30/06/2025
» On a poster, Phnom Penh glows dimly from afar. Flickering on the other side of the Mekong River, rows of buildings dissolve, blending with water and sky in the blue hour of twilight. This photo and a whisper are an invitation to stargaze the city glimmering in the distance.
Youth Film Festival open for submissions
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 23/04/2025
» The fifth edition of the World Food Forum Youth Film Festival is now open for submissions until July 21.
Teaching gender diversity
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 10/03/2025
» "I am bisexual like a papaya flower," said Jirajade Wisetdonwail.
Memes of dissent
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 14/08/2023
» It is not as whimsical as it seems. After the onset of the largest pro-democracy movement since the military coup in 2014, university and high school students cuddled hamster dolls and ran around in circles. "Delicious tax!", hundreds of them sang, from a cartoon jingle at Democracy Monument in late July 2020. Crowdsourced from a social media platform, Hamtaro, a shorthand for caged mice demanding freedom, spawned many internet memes, including a greedy caricature of junta leader Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha.