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Written in blood
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 21/07/2025
» In 2015, Joe Freeman and Aung Naing Soe noticed the prominent status of poetry in Myanmar politics. At the time, both journalists heard that Maung Saungkha, a 23-year-old poet, posted a poem about having a tattoo of an unnamed president on his penis on Facebook. Saungkha, however, was charged for defaming former president Thein Sein under telecommunication law, serving a six-month jail term.
Harnessing heritage
Life, \Chairat Chongvattanakij, Published on 09/10/2023
» Consecrated by rich history and exalted by the faith of its local community, Wat Prayurawongsawas (known colloquially as Wat Prayoon) inspires awe with the grandeur of its towering Phra Borommathat Maha Chedi (principal stupa), whose pleasing bell-shaped proportions find glorifying aesthetic resonance in the 18 subsidiary stupas that punctuate the encircling gallery.
Breaking barriers
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 05/05/2023
» Japan is known for many things, and its rich and robust culture attracts people from around the world. Besides food, movies and manga, the country also has a reputation for having one of the biggest pornographic and adult-toy industries in the world. While sex is a natural thing, Thailand is rarely open about it because we view it as taboo, vulgar and immoral. But whether you admit it or not, we have all seen 18+ content from Japan at some point in our life.
Saying no to illegal wild meat
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 17/01/2022
» A traveller kills a wild animal and posts its photo on social media with the caption: "How should I cook this red junglefowl?"
Eradicating abuse
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 07/09/2020
» Phanchita Thanaweekittichot, editor-in-chief and translator at Mangmoom Book, broke into tears while reading the Taiwanese children's book Butterfly And Duoduo's Little Secret by Chia-Hui Hsin. She was devastated by the memory of an unpleasant experience she thought she had already forgotten.
On the edge of sanity
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 17/01/2020
» In Robert Eggers' The Lighthouse, Willem Dafoe is a demented Poseidon, or perhaps a crazed, ocean-battered ex-sailor on the run from a Melville novel. Playing one of the two lighthouse keepers on a wind-whipped rocky islet in the Atlantic, circa 1890s, Dafoe turns up his mad-uncle mode, feral hair, chronic farting and drawling speech, plus a possessive relationship with the lantern -- the source of light atop the lighthouse (he refers to it as a "she").
Rainbow-supplied energy
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 09/12/2019
» A child riding on a buffalo painted in rainbow colours. A man in saffron robes wearing make-up. Painted faces. Naked bodies. Unheard voices. "Spectrosynthesis II – Exposure Of Tolerance: LGBTQ In Southeast Asia" is an art exhibition that takes its viewers on an exploration of the gender spectrum and the levels of acceptance (and unacceptance) within the societal context of this region.
Danger zones
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 15/10/2019
» Nongluck Chao got the shock of her life when her daughter made a frantic phone call saying she was molested. At that time, her daughter was just 12 years old.
A kitchen calamity
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 08/05/2019
» Nathinee Jiamprasert approached the MasterChef Thailand judging table with full confidence as she served a menu called Shanghai frog, which basically is a breadcrumb frog dish topped with spring onions.
Bad education?
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 11/02/2019
» Sex is rarely a topic we discuss freely in Thailand. Shunned in our conservative culture, sex -- as a topic of discussion -- is received with either embarrassment, shame or laughter, not to be taken seriously or with a straight face.