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Walking the thin line
Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 28/11/2013
» When discussing LGBT, the letter that sometimes gets the least airtime is L, which represents "lesbian". While coverage of gay and transgender people seems to have increased, lesbians remain a minority within the minority. As a reporter interested in the issue, I always want to write more about the lesbian community in Thailand and elsewhere.
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Pigs do fly
Muse, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 16/11/2013
» Benchaporn Suktraipob walked into the interview room in a professional all-black suit and skirt, the typical dress code for businesswomen, with an expensive handbag to match. At 35 she is the creator of moohin.com, one of Thailand's most visited travel directory websites, making her one of the most successful female online enterpreneurs.
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Accept no imitations
Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 12/09/2013
» Compared to other art forms, contemporary dance showcases don't come by these shores all that often. Luckily for Bangkokians, from tomorrow until Sunday, local audiences will be treated with a spectacle performance created by a group of Australian and Thai dancers.
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Downplaying the politics
Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 20/09/2013
» Singapore in the early 1960s. Political and racial tensions are escalating as the British prepare to withdraw from one of their oldest colonies. Members of cut-throat Chinese secret societies share the same back streets as well-paid European expats slumming it in the island's fleshpots. This is the backdrop to Serangoon Road, HBO Asia's first original series.
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A room full of mystery
Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 24/07/2013
» When you walk into a room inside the white colonial house, a bed dominates the empty space. Instead of a mattress, you see a bunch of cacti in different shapes and sizes. Amidst the green thorny plants are four hand sculptures placing in different spots on the bed; they seem to be giving a sign to the living things trapped in one place.
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Fight for your rights
Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 25/07/2013
» A week before Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, had a son, the UK made a historic move when Queen Elizabeth II officially approved a bill to legalise same-sex marriage in England and Wales.
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Construction wonderland
Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 08/08/2013
» Japanese artist Eiji Sumi returns to the Bangkok art scene once again with his new obsession. Now based in Bangkok, last year he staged a mixed-media exhibition inspired by wire cables. In his exhibition that premiered last week, he shows us how obsessive he is with construction sites.
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Kicking it with Van Damme
Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 14/06/2013
» It was no surprise when action film icon Jean-Claude Van Damme was spotted last weekend in Bangkok at the birthday party of celebrity hairstylist Somsak Chalachol. With his upcoming Fashion TV project, fans are going to see more of the Belgian hunk who seems to have gone deep under the radar during the past few years.
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The why of kwai
Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 19/06/2013
» In Thai, the easiest way to insult someone is to call them kwai _ a buffalo, our beast of burden that has come to symbolise, unfairly, stupidity.
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A breath of fresh air
Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 10/07/2013
» There was a lot of nervousness and awkwardness during the interview when photo-grapher Nipon Indraridh recalls his background _ the simple life before he got a break to showcase his first photography exhibition in a top Bangkok gallery. A college dropout, a former air conditioner repairman and a father of two whose obsession with photography made him lose a chance to bond with his first-born daughter during her early years _ Nipon views his art with a mix of humility and passion. His honesty was clear in his words, and the Tak native's accent is clear. His frankness, however, shows even more in the photographs now on show at Kathmandu Photo Gallery.
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