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Forest fair at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 02/03/2018
» Even if you can't go to the forest this weekend, the forest will come to you, owing to the second edition of the "People & Forest Fair", which will be held on Sunday at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre.
An alternative dimension
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 09/11/2017
» Entering Chai Siris' exhibition at Gallery VER is in many ways like penetrating a spirit house. Once shuffled through the door, visitors find themselves plunged in semi-obscurity, surrounded by life-size banana trees and landscape views that cover entire walls.
Understanding the Orang Asli
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 05/09/2017
» They are often referred to as sakai, or slave. To most central Thais, they are known as ngoh, like the rambutan fruit, a derogatory term that refers to their curly hair. But besides that -- and besides being featured in well-known literature -- the people from the Orang Asli community are little known to the wider public. This is despite the 150,000 Orang Asli tribe members -- according to the Centre for Orang Asli Concerns -- still living in the Malay Peninsula.
The faces of the disappeared
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 03/02/2017
» From time to time, one comes across a news report about a man or a woman, killed for demanding their rights or standing in the way of influential figures.
Activists baulk at new mining legislation
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 04/04/2016
» A mineral bill proposed by the Ministry of Industry passed its first hearing in parliament last month, but environmentalists and activists warn it could lead to the destruction of protected natural resources and human rights violations.
Merits of Section 44 as 'cure-all' take flak
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 11/03/2016
» The merits of the interim charter's Section 44 as a "cure-all" remedy for the country's ills have come under fire in the wake of the premier's order to fast-track mandatory environmental impact assessments for megaprojects on Tuesday.
Princess christens newly found snails
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 10/09/2015
» Researchers from Chulalongkorn University have discovered two new species of snails that are only found in Thailand.