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Southern discomfort
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 19/08/2015
» The artist known as "Darkle" is showing his black and white photographs in an exhibition entitled "The Beautiful South: The Ugly Truth" at Quince -- Eatery & Bar as part of the ongoing Photo Bangkok 2015 exhibition. Darkle is simultaneously looking at and looking away from the conflict and violence in the southernmost provinces of Thailand.
Romanticising the insurgency
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 24/07/2015
» Rarely do we see a Thai film set in the Deep South and rarely do we see a film with so many people saying "assalamu alaikum" to each other. So now that we have one in the cinema, it turns out to be such a piece of romantic fluff that it hardly does justice to the complicated reality of the region and its people. What should we expect when Latitude Tee Hok (Latitude No.6) has been financed by the military — the Internal Security Operations Command, to be precise — and produced by UCI Media, an affiliation of a company that sells communication equipment to the army?
Are you a bona fide Bangkokian?
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 17/07/2015
» It takes more than the ability to recite the full 65-syllable name of Bangkok or nimbly jaywalk at every opportunity to qualify as a true Bangkokian na. There are nuances (and nuisances) in everyday life that only a true Bangkokian can pick up on. Think you’re a Bangkok buff? Take our quiz to find out how local you are. Answers will be revealed at the end. No cheating!
A non-traditional Thai massage
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 07/04/2015
» Outside a century-old wooden house in Chiang Mai, tourists sit in the shade of trees waiting for a massage. When their number is called, they are greeted by a smiling officer before being lead into a communal room of masseuses.
From R- to G-rated
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 26/03/2015
» How will you deal with the increasing number of Chinese tourists?
For horse lovers
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 16/03/2015
» Do you believe in coincidence? I do, because it has happened to me on occasion and there's no other likely explanation. Yet there are those who don't, and statistics have been made to show that there's a mathematical probability of such events occurring. But can't statistics prove just about anything?
Forming tighter bonds through integration
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 26/02/2015
» Ambassador Jocelyn Batoon- Garcia of the Philippines finds herself in Thailand during interesting times with the coming together of the Asean Economic Community (AEC) at the end of this year.
Cannes Report Day 2
Kong Rithdee, Published on 04/01/2015
» <b>Cannes<br> May 17</b> What I regret most in Jacques Audiard's "Rust and Bone", screening in Cannes Competition on Thursday, is the heartbreakingly brief appearance of the killer whales.
The highs and lows of 2014
B Magazine, Published on 28/12/2014
» In these dying hours of 2014 it is time for me, as usual, to take a quick look back on the year that was.
The good fight
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 18/08/2014
» The gates of the water treatment plant in Khlong Dan, Samut Prakan province, are closed. In fact, they have never opened since the 23.7 billion baht project was built in 1998.