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Feeling the pulse of the land
News, Thana Boonlert and Kornchanok Raksaseri, Published on 29/06/2020
» Tourists come and go, but those who stay long enough can feel the pulse of the new land. Israelis, their top envoy in the kingdom said, have been won over by the goodwill and warmth shown by Thais.
Forum lauds Japan's use of soft power
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 20/01/2020
» Tokyo has successfully wielded its soft power to grow ties with Thailand, overcoming a strong anti-Japanese sentiment deeply rooted in Asean four decades ago, a recent forum was told.
BNK48 girl group 'educating on Holocaust'
News, Leah Carter, Published on 30/05/2019
» BNK48, the super group which triggered outrage after a member wore a T-shirt emblazoned with a Nazi swastika, has been taking part in Holocaust education programmes.
Kids not taught about horrific history
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 31/01/2019
» The 19-year-old BNK48 singer, Pichayapa "Namsai" Natha, could not have been the only one who was unintentionally insensitive to the World War II holocaust when she wore a T-shirt featuring a Nazi flag with a swastika during a rehearsal last Friday.
Holocaust: Education needed
News, Meir Shlomo, Published on 30/01/2019
» Over the weekend, a young Thai singer in the girl band BNK48 made headlines around the world -- sadly, for entirely the wrong reason -- by wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with a full Nazi swastika flag during a performance.
Stop the ignorance
News, Postbag, Published on 30/01/2019
» Re: "Weeping BNK48 singer apologises for swastika T-shirt", (BP, Jan 27).
Thai idols fall in line with orthodoxy
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 01/09/2018
» Poor coup-makers, no one wants to see them on TV. At 6pm sharp when the theme song begins, there's a rush of hands to the remote control. Not that you can escape them. The true mark of dictatorship is audiovisual dictatorship: They beam their images on every TV and radio channel, monopolising your sensory reception, like a sci-fi movie, or like a spoiled child demanding your full attention. At 6pm every day for the past four years, the hands clutching the remote have reached for the only possible button. Off.
Beauties and the beasts of coup regime
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 28/04/2018
» It's just too rich to pass up, too weird and symbolic to ignore. The summit of the week between members of the girl group BNK48 and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha was the moment when politics met pop-culture, when new met old, when cuties met coupmaker, when teens met tank, when beauty met … whatever.
Por's 'family' breaks up, scholar under fire, Pancake's a tough catch
News, Mae Moo, Published on 04/02/2018
» Bow sacks manager