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Deep in the paradox
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 25/05/2022
» In Cairo, a religious student at the prestigious Al-Azhar Islamic University is recruited by secret police to infiltrate a Muslim Brotherhood cell. In Mashad, a holy city in Iran, a serial killer prowls a seedy suburb and strangles head-scarfed prostitutes. In the first film, bloodlust officials torture dissidents with abandon. In the second film, religion is evoked and the name of God is cited as a justification for murder. This begs the obvious question: Will Boy From Heaven be banned in Egypt, and Holy Spider Iran?
Art event featuring "comfort woman" statue in Tokyo
Kyodo News, Published on 02/04/2022
» A controversial art exhibition featuring works such as a statue symbolizing "comfort women" who worked in Japan's wartime military brothels finally kicked off in Tokyo on Saturday, after being postponed for about 10 months due to protests by right-wing activists.
2021 photos of the year
Published on 30/12/2021
» Take a look at Bangkok Post's best photos of 2021.
Riding the South Korean wave
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 28/12/2021
» Looking back on the year in music, the global phenomenon BTS helped propel the fan base expansion of K-pop groups into the United States. BTS, the seven-member boy band, continues to break recording history and open new frontiers for Asian artists. In March, IFPI, the organisation that represents the recorded music industry worldwide, named BTS as its Global Recording Artist of the Year 2020. The septet won over Taylor Swift, Drake, The Weeknd and Billie Eilish, who ranked second to fifth place respectively. The boy band was the first Asian artist to win the IFPT Global Recording Artist of the Year Award.
Raising awareness of injustice
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 10/12/2021
» Thai contemporary artist Prakit Kobkijwattana's works through the years have spoken volumes about the root causes of injustice found within society.
PDRC rallies haunt Thai-born K-pop star Sitala
Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 01/12/2021
» Sitala Wongkrachang, a daughter of late actor and director-turned activist Saranyu, has decided to release her first girl-group album in South Korea.
Chinese dissident artist defies Beijing in Italian show
AFP, Published on 13/11/2021
» BRESCIA: Exhibiting a torture instrument as an innocent rocking chair, Chinese dissident artist Badiucao mocks the propaganda of Beijing in a new show -- while appropriating its codes.
Wrapping of Arc de Triomphe begins in Christo tribute
AFP, Published on 13/09/2021
» PARIS: A first giant sheet of fabric was draped down the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on Sunday as work started to wrap the monument in a tribute to late artist Christo.
Netizens back Chula student activist's attempt to save Scala
Published on 12/09/2021
» Netizens are throwing their support behind a low-profile campaign by a student activist and friends trying to prevent the razing of a beautiful old cinema to make way for another shopping mall in Bangkok's Siam Square.
Hong Kong pulls plug on concert of popular singer-activist
Published on 01/09/2021
» HONG KONG: Canto-pop singer and political activist Denise Ho has been banned from performing next week at one of Hong Kong's top theatres, just days after a pro-Beijing newspaper accused her of taking part in anti-China activities.