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What's in a name change?
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 15/09/2019
» It's been an intense week for Thailand's deputy agriculture minister, whose dubious past as a drug runner has been revealed in an exposé in The Sydney Morning Herald, written by one Michael Ruffles.
A life of diplomacy
Life, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 16/08/2019
» Former prime minister Anand Panyarachun will give a speech in tribute to the late former deputy foreign minister Visutr Arthayukti at the launch of his biography on Sunday.
Food for thought
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 11/11/2018
» This week I enjoyed a delicious lunch at Suan Dusit University, my host being none other than the dean of the Faculty of Education.
Very soft Thai power in the making
Life, Published on 20/09/2023
» Since the recent return of Thaksin Shinawatra after 15 years of self-exile to Bangkok and the parliamentary selection of Srettha Thavisin as Thailand's 30th prime minister on the same day, politics and culture have unfolded with drama and excitement.
The complex legacy of Lost In Translation two decades on
Life, Published on 18/09/2023
» It has been 20 years since an ageing Bill Murray and a young Scarlett Johansson introduced Tokyo to a generation in Sofia Coppola's Lost In Translation.
Memes of dissent
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 14/08/2023
» It is not as whimsical as it seems. After the onset of the largest pro-democracy movement since the military coup in 2014, university and high school students cuddled hamster dolls and ran around in circles. "Delicious tax!", hundreds of them sang, from a cartoon jingle at Democracy Monument in late July 2020. Crowdsourced from a social media platform, Hamtaro, a shorthand for caged mice demanding freedom, spawned many internet memes, including a greedy caricature of junta leader Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha.
New grooves for your perusal
Life, John Clewley, Published on 09/11/2021
» The legendary Peruvian singer-songwriter Susana Baca tops the November Transglobal World Music Chart with her new album, Palabras Urgentes (Real World), which was released last month. The album celebrates the 50th anniversary of an amazing career, which has encompassed ethnomusicology, researching folklore and teaching, a long career as a singer, and a stint as Minister of Culture.
Lessons learned from the October uprising
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 14/10/2021
» When the Oct 14, 1973, uprising culminated in the collapse of the military dictatorship, Sutham Sangprathum, the former deputy interior minister who joined the protests at the age of 19, felt that it was the great victory for people, but gradually learned that it had not challenged the status quo.
Pukka Chukka fun in Hua Hin
Life, Published on 28/04/2023
» In an effort to boost sports tourism in Thailand, Hua Hin Beach was recently turned into an equestrian sand court for the InterContinental - B.Grimm Beach Polo 2023 event. The proceeds from the charity tournament will go to the Nabha Foundation in providing male and female inmates in prison with career opportunities and developing their athletic abilities to reintegrate back into their normal lives.
Celebrating Pridi Banomyong through film
Life, Published on 11/05/2020
» To mark the 120th anniversary of the birth of Thailand's former prime minister Pridi Banomyong, the Film Archive (Public Organization) presents online screenings of two movies related to the senior statesman who played a vital role in Thailand becoming a constitutional monarchy and was named one of the world's great personalities of the century by Unesco in 2000.