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  The undead are slightly diminished

  Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 27/07/2020

  » Finally, there's a blockbuster movie coming to local cinemas. As most people are still wary of the big screen experience, perhaps this particular movie could change their mind. Train To Busan: Peninsula rides in at full throttle, with thrills, shrills and an army of speedy zombies all ready to attack at any sign of light or sound.

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  Eternal star

  Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 23/11/2016

  » Three years after making her screen debut, in a soap opera in 2010, Davika "Mai" Hoorne was known to Thai audiences as nang ake pun larn -- the billion-baht leading lady -- from the mega-success of her 2013 film Pee Mak Phra Khanong. Since then, she has become a fixture on the screen, with period melodrama Plae Kao (The Scar) in 2014, a modest hit, and the oddball Freelance Harm Puay Harm Pak Harm Rak Mor (Heart Attack) last year, which raked in over 90 million baht at the box office.

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  Raising the Pride flag

  Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 31/08/2020

  » Alongside anti-government demonstrations, protesters are raising their voice for equality and LGBTI gender rights.

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  I want it all!

  Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 30/03/2020

  » As the amount of those infected with Covid-19 continues to rise, one of the best ways the general public can help limit the spread of the virus is to stay at home and practise social distancing. To make this seemingly indefinite self-isolation and working-from-home period more enjoyable, it's time to make use of streaming platforms to pass our time. Here are five platforms for you to start binge-watching your favourite shows:

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  Something in the water

  Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 04/03/2019

  » Rows of small glass containers fill multiple shelves along the wall. Inside them, swimming leisurely and living separately in their tiny, private space are colourful Siamese fighting fish, popular among various crowds. Some keep them as pets for their pure eye-candy pleasure, or get them on a fish spar to make quick cash, or selectively breed them for commercial purposes.

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  Stop the attacks, both physical and verbal

  Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 30/07/2018

  » Violent beating caught on camera, transgender beauty queen and gender affirming surgery, in our monthly round-up of LGBT news.

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  Sex education

  Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 11/07/2016

  » Male TV-talk-show host Wuthithorn "Woody" Milintachinda announced recently that he's married a man. The news in a way served as a long-awaited clarification given that Wuthithorn's sexual identity has always been in question. Indeed, it's received a mixed bag of reactions.

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  Snapping up the bad guys

  Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 18/07/2017

  » In deep jungle, a forest ranger in his black uniform slowly climbed up a tree. With trained, quick hands, he strapped a camouflage case to a high branch that could oversee an area underneath it at a wide angle. Inside the case was a camera trap that can monitor the movement of animals, and especially humans who may enter the forest illegally.

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  Binary boost for the non-binary

  Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 25/07/2016

  » Whenever we discuss the representation of the LGBT population in popular media, what comes to mind is often the names and faces we see on TV. We fail to look a little further to the nearby screen of our computer, especially into video games that people can spend countless hours on. The lack of diversity, while a shocker, is something to be expected. White male protagonists are leading the pack. And if women find it hard to see themselves being represented in the gaming world, the LGBT community has seen much worse.

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  From exile to acceptance

  Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 10/07/2015

  » 'Every journey starts with one step. So today is one step for a long journey," said Burmese activist Aung Myo Min in the documentary film This Kind Of Love. During the scene, he was standing inside a Bangkok BTS Skytrain. He was on his journey home to Myanmar after 24 years of exile.

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