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The ideal man
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 15/04/2015
» There are certain ideals, Krit Chantranet says, that are universal. Getting a good education. Going to a good university. Getting a good job and doing a good job. Making money. Finding love. Having a loving family. Being healthy. That's the perfect life.
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Bringing home a star
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 15/12/2015
» In Bangkok, the closest you get to eating at a Michelin-starred restaurant is to visit L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon, eponymously-named after the Michelin-starred French chef.
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The ghost of pop culture future
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 08/08/2014
» Last month, Thai fans had their first Comic Con experience, when BEC Tero and TrueVisions hosted the Bangkok Comic Con at Paragon Hall, an event local devotees of all things pop culture welcomed with delight.
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The leader's true self
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 24/11/2014
» 'A few months ago, the [North Korean] Ministry of Interior issued a statement on TV — 'We will remove your existence from the universe'," says Jang Jin-sung, unfazed, over a decade after he fled North Korea in the middle of the day, across the frozen Yalu River and into China.
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Rich tapestry of Thai society
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 02/02/2015
» All things considered, the 14 stories in the collection translated by Marcel Barang read like a list of social issues a Thai should be aware of: participating in last year's protests without genuine understanding and interest; having an affair with someone of an opposing political colour; the death of red-shirt poet Mai Nueng; violence in the South; hilltop villages; the move from local farms to factory farming. And Buddhism.
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Stacked deck
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 06/03/2015
» House Of Cards has returned for its third season. The political drama series starring Kevin Spacey as the 46th President of the United States has thrilled fans with its intense writing and backroom intrigue. After two successful seasons, the series now faces the challenge of keeping the momentum going.
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Masterly delve into the video age
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 05/12/2014
» It's so meta sitting at House RCA cinema watching how its founders used to get their fix of indie films.
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Taking down The ‘Third World’
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 03/09/2014
» In 1974, Mao Zedong decided China was part of the Third World, not the Second World as categorised by the Communist block. Mao's idea of the Third World deviated from Cold War-era political ideologies and discounted the history of colonialism and imperialism. His "Third World" was a band of non-aligned nations falling behind those which were more rich and powerful — the US and Soviet Union in the First World; Japan, Canada, Australia and the rest of Europe in the Second World.
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Bond 'roids up
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 13/02/2015
» Free calls. Free internet. For everyone. Forever. Samuel L. Jackson is Valentine — villainous internet billionaire in a sideways baseball cap with a distinct lisp, an aim to save the planet from global warming and a hot accomplice named Gazelle with large blades built into her Pistorius-style prosthetic legs — offers the world. Who could say no?
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The universal struggle for equality
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 24/02/2015
» Nadya Tolokonnikova and Masha Alyokhina of Pussy Riot lie in a hole in the ground, wearing OMON riot police uniforms. They are slowly buried alive. Dirt fills the orifices in their faces. They can't breathe. In the music video of I Can't Breathe, released last week and shot in one long take, the Russian feminist punk rock group opted for emotion rather than anger. The group has chosen a new cause.
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