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Envoy queries Korea award for Jatupat
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/05/2017
» The Thai ambassador to Seoul has written to a human rights award committee in South Korea asking it to reconsider honouring jailed activist Jatupat Boonpattararaksa this month, who stands accused of breaking lese majeste and other laws.
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Fighting Thailand's 'scamdemic'
News, Published on 17/05/2023
» The April 8 arrest in Bangkok of a Chinese woman with Thai citizenship alleged to be the leader of a criminal syndicate involved in fraud, surrogacy and human trafficking is just one recent example of an increasingly sophisticated crime wave inside Thailand.
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Where hope has vanished
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 21/08/2016
» It was the spot where the villagers had found the chequered loincloth of missing land rights activist Den Khamlae a week earlier. Banjong Sanitnit, Den's brother-in-law, stopped at a nearby tree. He lit six incense sticks and poured rice whisky into a clear plastic cup so that it was a quarter full. And then he prayed.
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Bad education?
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 11/02/2019
» Sex is rarely a topic we discuss freely in Thailand. Shunned in our conservative culture, sex -- as a topic of discussion -- is received with either embarrassment, shame or laughter, not to be taken seriously or with a straight face.
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The spectral art
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 09/04/2019
» Sexy women, ghosts, simplistic plot, tendency to be naughty and violent. These are the stereotypical characteristics people have come to associate with the old-school Thai-style pulp comics that are close to disappearing from the market.
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Last light at Lido
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 04/05/2018
» The Lido Theatre opened on June 27, 1968, a 1,000-seat movie palace in the fast-modernising neighbourhood of Pathumwan. The first title on the marquee was Guns For San Sebastian, a cowboy film starring Anthony Quinn.
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King signs new constitution into life
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 07/04/2017
» His Majesty the King on Thursday officially endorsed the promulgation of the country's 20th constitution, setting the stage for a general election expected to be held by late 2018.
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Anti-coup activists arrested for gathering to mark revolution
News, Post Reporters, Published on 25/06/2016
» Seven anti-coup activists were arrested yesterday for allegedly defying the regime's ban on political gatherings when they held an event to observe the June 24 Siam revolution in 1932 staged by the Khanarassadorn that led to the country changing from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional one.
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Irin accepts a stranger's gift tuned into kindness
News, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 30/10/2016
» Classical virtuoso Irin Prechanvinit has received a touching replacement for the guitar she sold to fund her mother's unsuccessful cancer treatment, with a reader giving her a family heirloom.
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CIA spook recalls Thailand's role in secret war
Spectrum, Richard S Ehrlich, Published on 04/09/2016
» A CIA spy who helped orchestrate America's "secret war" in Laos said US President Barack Obama's visit should not dwell on the past as he defended the soldiers he fought beside, including the Thais.
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