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Stopping the heinous crime of child-sex abuse
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 23/02/2018
» Parents sexually abusing their own three-year-old son to make easy money online, child molesters working as primary school teachers, Buddhist monks running child sex rings. Time and again, Thailand has produced some incomprehensibly awful news headlines, and time and again, it seems like nothing is getting done. With women now getting their voices and stories heard in the powerful #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, it seems like we should also start focusing on those who are still voiceless: children.
Southeast Asian masters in the spotlight
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 17/01/2018
» To any regular art enthusiast, the mention of 19th century artists brings to mind European (especially French) masters like Claude Monet, Edouard Manet, Auguste Renoir and Edgar Degas. Asian artists rarely get any mention or recognition -- and unless you're Indonesian or Filipino, the names Raden Saleh Sjarif Boestaman (1811-1880) and Juan Luna y Novicio (1857-1899) would probably mean nothing to you.
Symbolic uncertainty
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 24/01/2018
» As Thailand continues to search for a way out of the black hole of politics, Kata Sangkhae's latest solo exhibition "Narrative Of Monuments" at Kathmandu Photo Gallery on Silom couldn't come at a better time.
Snapshots from a singular perspective
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 20/10/2017
» Ever since he was a young prince accompanying his brother on royal duties until his final years residing in Siriraj Hospital, the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej was almost never seen without a camera in his hands. It is a rich paradox: one of the most photographed persons in the Kingdom was also an avid photographer who took tens of thousands of pictures of other people during this 70-year-reign. For years, the public has mainly seen photographs of the king holding a camera, but today, we are finally able to get a glimpse of what the monarch saw through his very own eyes.
Capture the flag
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 31/08/2017
» A hundred years ago, on Sept 28, 1917, His Majesty King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) issued a royal decree to officially adopt the five-striped, tricoloured flag that every Thai is familiar with today. The colours -- red, white and blue -- are said to stand for the people, religions and monarchy respectively, comprising the unofficial motto of the Kingdom.
Ruins reborn
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 26/07/2017
» Once nearly forgotten and lost to time, the photographs of Rabil Bunnag (1902-1999) have been brought back before the public eye.
Line-themed run for charity
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 08/08/2017
» Though Thailand has made progress in children's accessibility to basic needs in the past few decades, there is still a significant number uneducated, unfunded and untreated. To raise awareness of the social and economic inequities that impoverished, disabled and minority children face within Thailand, Unicef has joined hands with the beloved characters of the Line chat app for the first-ever Unicef Line Run.
The connoisseur's cornucopia
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 12/05/2017
» No supermarket in the world is like a fresh-food market -- particularly a Thai fresh-food market.
Saving the Tamarind
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 07/02/2017
» For over a century the 783 tamarind trees have encircled the sacred ground of Sanam Luang. They were there, like stoic sentinels, during ceremonial pomp and political upheavals, come rain or shine. If the vast ground fronting the Grand Palace is a symbol of Bangkok, the tamarind trees are in turn a symbol of Sanam Luang.
HM King Bhumibol, pictured
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 15/11/2016
» Every year, Bangkokians look forward to one of their biggest and most whimsical temple fairs during Loy Krathong week -- Ngan Wat Phu Khao Thong or The Golden Mount Temple Fair. Set at the historical grounds of Wat Saket, more famously known as The Golden Mount Temple, the temple fair features ferris wheels, haunted mansions and your average carnival games, whilst Buddhists take a pilgrimage up the temple hill to pray and wish for good fortune.