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Heroic battle of wills
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 04/09/2014
» A musical that finished its run at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre last Sunday focused on a prominent Thai writer and social activist imprisoned by a dictatorial government merely for “expressing different views”.
Biopic takes no prisoners
B Magazine, Jim Algie, Published on 06/07/2014
» Conflicted characters make for some of the best protagonists and hinges for dramatic tension.
Books that change your life
Life, Published on 07/10/2013
» Non-fiction writer Orasom Suddhisakorn has been busy visiting prisons. Those who are familiar with her books, which read like convicts' biographies, might assume that she is doing research and interviews for a new tome.
Songs of hope
Life, Published on 20/05/2013
» To light hope for women inmates and the underprivileged, the Kamlangjai (Inspire) Project, initiated by Her Royal Highness Princess Bajrakitiyabha, is organising a concert.
For Dog Lovers
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 08/04/2013
» Dogs were domesticated in ancient times, archaeologists, historians and cave drawings agree. They were bred for different purposes, not least racing, and also for protection, to round up livestock, hunt foxes, pull sleighs, fight one another.
Sinuous road to Salvation
Life, Published on 25/02/2013
» When everything seemed to be going right, it all went terribly wrong. Reverend John Yoon had crossed the Mekong River into Thailand with 32 North Korean refugees after a long and complicated journey from Yanji in China's northeast. They were settling in at a tourist hotel in Chiang Saen and looking forward to reaching Bangkok, where they would be processed by embassy officials and soon be on their way to Seoul and a new life in South Korea.
Twists and turns galore
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 10/12/2012
» Novels are stories, it being the responsibility of the tellers to make them interesting. Some succeed, many fail. The best are fascinating, the worst boring. As important as the story is the way it's told. If told well, seriously or humorously, you want to hear it to the end. If not you yawn, your mind wandering.
Book of atonement
Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 23/10/2012
» It took Pummarin Pamorntrachukul only three months to write Kamsarapap Sudtai Kon Khao Hong Prahan (The Last Confession Before The Execution Chamber), his first book. The book presents in vivid details a thrilling account of a high-profile drug trafficker on death row at Bang Khwang high-security prison awaiting his execution. It is a book about his own life.
Glimpse at life on the inside
Life, Published on 24/08/2012
» According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the International Centre for Prison Studies, a shocking 13 million-plus Americans are booked into jails across the nation each year, putting the country at the top of the annual global incarceration list.
It takes a thief, Oom's booming bust, I'd rather ordain
News, Published on 01/07/2012
» Nathan proves you can't con a conTwo men impersonating police officers on a bike are no match for convicted fraudster Nathan Oman. Former teen sensation Nathan says he was picking up his uncle at Suvarnabhumi airport recently when he was approached on a motorcycle by two men claiming to be police.