• THAILAND

  Voices of the silent

  Spectrum, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 11/03/2012

  » Last Thursday was International Women's Day, an occasion that for a century has served for people to demand greater civil rights, representation and equality; to honour wives, mothers and girlfriends and the accomplishments of women; to call for an end to global hunger and poverty; and, increasingly, to highlight the plight of refugees and the displaced.

• LIFE

  A sonic bang for your bucks

  B Magazine, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 18/08/2013

  » Among the stars arriving for Bangkok's inaugural Sonic Bang festival on Saturday is one band that is no stranger to Southeast Asia. Frequent visitors to the region, Placebo have brought their reflective, gender-twisting or drug-exploring lyrics, their androgynous look, their dark, melodic instrumentals around the world, and now to Bangkok for the third time.

• THAILAND

  From Cold War to the 'Tor Chor Dor'

  Spectrum, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 10/02/2013

  » At the height of the nuclear arms race during the Cold War, US military strategists theorised that if tensions escalated, controlled nuclear strikes against the Soviets could force them to back down.

• TRAVEL

  All that wasn't washed away

  B Magazine, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 19/08/2012

  » At Koh Kret a Mon man points to a mark on the wall at the height of his head. "The water was here," he says of last October and November. "It was a bad time."

• THAILAND

  For Belarusian troupe, show must go on despite dangers

  Spectrum, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 19/08/2012

  » Thespians of the Belarus Free Theatre have been beaten, arrested and harassed by authorities. And husband-and-wife co-directors Nicolai Khalezin and Natalia Kaliada, as they explained to Spectrum last week while on a visit to Bangkok, are now forced to live in exile, facing prison sentences if they return home. Within Belarus _ their large landlocked country of just under 10 million people, bordered by Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Latvia and Lithuania _ the actors continue to perform in secret and at great risk to themselves and their audiences.

• TRAVEL

  Yen and the art of travelling on the cheap

  B Magazine, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 02/09/2012

  » There is a sign on the door of the Capsule Inn Tajima near Ueno Station in Tokyo discouraging tattooed patrons from making use of the baths or overnight capsules. This is aimed at Yakuza, organised crime figures, who once had leverage over urban businesses but whose influence has waned somewhat in recent years, even in the entertainment districts where they used to thrive.

• THAILAND

  Dead child walking

  Spectrum, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 22/07/2012

  » Just returned from a visit to Bangkok's notorious Bang Kwang prison, Toshi Kazama is ready to talk about criminal justice. On a rainy evening at the Foreign Correspondents' Club last week, the Japanese-born photographer shows slides of his photographs of juvenile offenders and speaks about the complexities of capital punishment. He has been photographing young people on death row since 1996, mostly in the US, where he has lived since the age of 15, and more recently across Asia.

• TRAVEL

  'Asia's Vegas' more than bright lights

  B Magazine, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 13/05/2012

  » Mediterranean-style cobblestone squares. Chinese shophouses. Western brand outlets. Cantonese dim sum for brunch and galinha a Portuguesa (Portuguese-style chicken) for dinner. Sixteenth-century cathedrals and forts stand beside Chinese mansions and gardens, or temples thick with incense. Garish high-rise casinos and decrepit apartment blocks form a backdrop over narrow winding lanes along the old city walls _ a clash of tastes that mesmerises and disorients.

• LIFE

  The amazing race

  B Magazine, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 12/02/2012

  » 'The Race" at HOF Art's A+789 studio at Silom Galleria is an exhibition featuring four emerging artists exploring the theme of human existence. They use different media and have contrasting styles and approaches in their aim to present portrayals of the human condition.

• LIFE

  Saying it with smiles

  B Magazine, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 18/03/2012

  » Western photography of Asia can be gritty, featuring people living in wretched conditions as a way to draw attention to their plights. But Thai photojournalist Bhanuwat Jittivuthikarn took a different approach to his subjects when he travelled the continent. "Yes there are many issues that require awareness, but I want to do it by showing a lighter side of humanity," he said.

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