Showing 1 - 10 of 14
Promoting co-existence
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 12/05/2025
» While parents were sitting on picnic blankets, kids were romping with laughter reverberating across the yard. Stationed according to their own age in an arcade, players hit flashing buttons to create notes as fast as possible -- hence rearranging popular songs with melodies of different generations.
Generational politics
Life, Suwatchai Songwanich, Published on 11/11/2024
» Political conflicts around the world typically arise from divisions based on class, ethnicity, rural-urban disparities and caste, rather than age differences. This observation caused Asst Prof Kanokrat Lertchoosakul, lecturer at the Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, to investigate if it is true that political conflict in Thailand is one between generations.
Power of young voices
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 12/06/2023
» Colourful papers and crayons scatter the floor as children scribble away on cardboard. Scissors meticulously cut paper into letters, and slowly messages are formed on the waiting cardboard, advocating for society to embrace diversity, promote marriage equality and tear down harmful gender binary.
Celebration of tradition
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 20/01/2023
» Veteran filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda became known after winning the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival for the crime drama Shoplifters despite having directed films and TV series for nearly three decades. Renowned for his gentle sense of pacing, simple yet beautiful cinematography, and a focus on the complexities of family relationships, he showcased his skills in previous works such as After The Storm (2016), Like Father, Like Son (2013) and Nobody Knows (2004). However, the one that has stuck in my mind to this day is Our Little Sister (2015), a female-focused drama that gave us a cosy, heartwarming family story, along with rich cultural and beautiful vistas of the Japanese countryside.
Affleck happy to no longer be the young hero in 'Tender Bar'
AFP, Published on 15/12/2021
» LOS ANGELES: Hollywood superstar Ben Affleck never feels like he's getting any older.
A place in the sun
Guru, Suthivas Tanphaibul, Published on 14/05/2021
» Breathing the fresh air, punctual bus schedules, smooth and clean pavements and streets. Do you remember these simple joys when travelling abroad? I bet everyone entertains the thought of spending their last breath in a particular city that is not home. Within the span of few days, a Facebook group called "Let's Move Abroad" has become a viral online phenomenon as Thai netizens gather to discuss and share their aspirations to flee a place where they were born and raised.
Contemporary mediocrities
Life, Apinan Poshyananda, Published on 03/05/2021
» At the recent ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Office of Contemporary Art and Culture's (OCAC) Art Collection in the spacious art hall on Ratchadamnoen Avenue, a group of ageing male artists covered in sanitary masks surrounded the director of OCAC, Vimolluck Chuchart, who gave a self-congratulatory speech. She proudly announced that the public will be able to view for the first time the national collection of the Ministry of Culture's contemporary Thai art. Beside these elderlies stood a white giant fibreglass sculpture by Sutee Kunavichyanont in Thai military uniform wearing a helmet with a rifle erect. Sutee's Equality; Thai Soldier (2016) is inspired by the cultural mandates between 1939 and 1942 during the premiere of Phibul Songkhram that aimed to uplift the national spirit and moral code of the nation and instil progressive tendencies and newness into Thai life.
Wayward hi-so on ropes, Tik's debt woes, Peck's house rules
News, Mae Moo, Published on 13/09/2020
» 'King Kong' wants his revenge
Music with a message
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 17/03/2020
» After releasing the viral anti-junta single Prathet Ku Mee (What My Country's Got) two years ago, rap group Rap Against Dictatorship has not ceased to confront the government through their music, including well-known songs like 250 So Plo (250 Bootlickers), Before Darkness and To Whom It May Concern.
Enforcing the law on Law-Enforcement
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 15/01/2020
» Public-opinion polls on police reform have always favoured change, under the junta's rule or otherwise.