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Soft power must have global appeal
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 25/04/2022
» The presence of the 19-year-old rapper Milli at the Coachella Music Festival in the United States has reinvigorated Thailand's soft power ambitions -- an area the Thai government has not fully explored nor exploited.
SEZ plan ignores local ideas of development
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 18/05/2020
» On May 12, Kaireeya Ramanya, a young girl from a sleepy fishing village in Songkhla's Chana district, wrote a letter to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. This is a task that the 17-year-old -- who staged a sit-in protest against a mega-development project known as the Southern Economic Zone (SEZ) -- had never dreamed of doing.
Embracing the nature of things
Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 11/02/2018
» The most memorable types of architecture tend to be those that stand out from their setting, appearing distinguished from their environment. But Glenn Murcutt, an Australian architect, has a different outlook.
Reminders of a love more than skin deep
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 23/10/2016
» In the past 10 days, many of those who stepped into Bongkod Phimlakha's Thong Lor studio did so for the first and last time.
Changing their stripes
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 02/10/2016
» In the corner of a hall at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, performance artist and writer Jittima Pholsawek invites five audience members to join her for a meal during her evening show.
Caught up in a tourist trap
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 24/07/2016
» 'You catch anything?" I ask fisherman Bueak while sitting in the back of his boat.
The dinosaur hunter seeking more than just bare bones
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 26/06/2016
» Imagine the country's northeast as lush, green floodplains canopied by giant trees. Dinosaurs roamed free near a large river with a complex system of tributaries, islands and islets.
Bringing a city back to life
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 29/05/2016
» When Marcus Westbury returned to his home town of Newcastle, Australia, in 2008, he found more than 150 empty buildings in two of the main streets.
Is this Bangkok's chance to do renewal right?
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 29/05/2016
» At a glance, Charoen Krung Road looks no different from other Bangkok streets -- it's jammed with traffic most of the day and surrounded by clusters of buildings and narrow footpaths.
Artists reboot energy march
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 22/08/2014
» An artist couple joined a symbolic march from Songkhla to Bangkok demanding national energy reform from the National Council for Peace and Order yesterday, despite the arrest of 11 of their fellow activists on Wednesday.