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Crossroad of ideologies
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 12/08/2020
» What is Ratchadamnoen Road like in your memory?
Seeking an authentic identity
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 17/12/2019
» Explore the contemporary art scene and human endeavour for change today at the Singapore Biennale 2019 (SB2019). The event sprawls across 11 venues in Singapore, featuring works from 77 artists and art collectives from over 36 countries and regions.
Born this way
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 15/03/2019
» What is it like to be a transgender woman living in Asia?
What we do in the shadows
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 25/02/2019
» For roughly three decades, Nussara Boonprasert has been selling halal food at the entrance of Suwannaphum Mosque community in Soi Charoen Nakhon 7, a short walk away from Iconsiam. To her, the changes that have come with having a big mall as a neighbour are palpable.
The plague is coming
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 01/02/2019
» Hunger drives the story of Kingdom, in which people fight zombies with swords and make their escape on a cartwheel chase during the 16th-century Joseon Dynasty.
What’s trending and happening this week
Muse, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 21/04/2018
» 1 Feel like putting your strength to the test? Under Armour is bringing back its annual urban fitness challenge Test Of Will, to be held on April 28 and 29 at CentralWorld. Participants will complete physical challenges -- Over and Under (hurdles), Deadball Squats, Kettlebell Farmer Walks and Bear Crawls -- in a four-minute circuit challenge. Contestants will be divided into age categories: 18-34, 35-44 and 45+. Each will be scored based on the maximum number of correct repetitions they can achieve within one minute. A cash prize of 50,000 baht is up for grabs for the male and female competitors who achieve highest overall score. Register to compete, for 500 baht, at testofwill.com. Available only for Thai residents over the age of 18.
Time traveller
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 04/04/2018
» Period dramas, the sources of romanticisation of the bygone, continue to transfix viewers everywhere. From the South Korean culinary tale Dae Jang Guem, to the dramatisation of UK royalty in The Crown, or the court of Louis XIV in Versailles, or even Thailand's own See Pandin (Four Reigns), these fusions of history and fantasy offer an outlook to the past -- glorified or critical -- while also sparking interest and debate over the portrayals of historical accounts.
Preserving history
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 05/02/2018
» Wearing a long-sleeve shirt and wide-brim hat, both hands clutching various digging tools, several men stooped down on the dry red dirt. With their feet planted firmly and under the supervision of archaeologists, they began digging in order to uncover the history of their homeland.
A view on the new zoo
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 03/01/2018
» When news broke last month that Thailand's oldest zoo, Dusit Zoo, will be relocated from its present location in inner Bangkok to a new home in Pathum Thani province, it sent shock waves through the hearts of generations of Bangkokians. Back before shopping malls, cinemas, skating rinks, aquariums and wax museums took over as the capital's popular destinations, Dusit Zoo was a favourite attraction for the entire family -- a place where countless such families have had their photographs taken.