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Water, data, art!
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 28/06/2017
» Scott Kildall's map of Bangkok has bundles of fine electric wires criss-crossing, tangled around small water flasks.
CDC's charter folk song 'skirts' issues
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 26/05/2016
» Social activists have slammed the Charter Drafting Committee's (CDC) folk song, released on Monday, to boost public interest in the draft constitution. They say it fails to reflect the substance of issues included in the draft, as well as the importance of the referendum process.
Chaos reigns
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 07/11/2017
» Since last month, all registered low-income earners in Thailand were issued a state-subsidised welfare card to help ease the burden of everyday expenses. The card promises to cover basic needs costs, from groceries to transportation and cooking gas.
The woes of the yes man
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 17/08/2017
» Parinot Kunakornwong's exhibition "Yes" isn't meant to evoke a happy, enthusiastic affirmative -- but rather the resigned, yielding acceptance of the powers that be and of our unnatural order of things.
Roaming free
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 27/02/2017
» Bangkok is often touted as a cheap city. But while tourists and expats praise the relatively low cost of living in Thailand, many local residents watch, helpless, as more shopping malls take over the city and complain about the rising cost of living.
Commuters' enthusiasm about the Purple Line fades
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 27/08/2016
» Hardly a day went by over the past five or six years when I wouldn't hear enthusiastic chatter about the MRT's Purple Line. But now that it has finally opened, the long-awaited service has drawn mixed reactions from commuters.
'Changing attitudes' key to improving women's prisons
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 12/09/2016
» Changing people's mentality poses the biggest stumbling block to implementing guidelines for improving women's prisons known as the Bangkok Rules, says justice expert Nathee Chitsawang.
SRT puts brakes on Red Line safety fence
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 13/02/2016
» The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has agreed to temporarily halt the construction of a security fence along the Red Line railway in Rangsit area, after local communities complained road access to their homes would be blocked.
Farmers voice concerns over land bank bill
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 19/12/2015
» Activists and farmers have voiced concerns over the Land Bank Administration Institute's (LBAI) land bank bill currently being considered by the cabinet.
Anupong orders flood mitigation action
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 07/10/2015
» Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda yesterday ordered the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation to coordinate with all relevant agencies to reduce severe flooding and subsequent traffic chaos in the Bangkok metropolitan area.