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Life as a meal
Life, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 05/12/2025
» A national team swimmer, a pioneer of the Chef's Table private dining experience, a celebrity chef who has served as judge and head chef trainer on popular cooking shows as Top Chef Thailand and Restaurant War Thailand, veteran chef Supamongkon Supapipat, better known as chef Art, is under fire. He is returning to an intense, high-stakes culinary contest, but trading the judge's chair for the kitchen's heat in Iron Chef Thailand.
A daughter of the sea
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai and Kwanchai Dumrongkwan, Published on 27/10/2025
» In Chana district, Songkhla province, the ocean is never far away. "You walk out the front door and there's the sea," says Khairiyah Ramanyah, smiling. She remembers doing her homework as a child while dolphins leapt in the distance. The sea was never just a view. It was family.
Oncology pioneer to share his life story on stage
Life, Published on 09/10/2025
» Jeremy K. Hon, a Hong Kong–born oncologist, haematologist and author of the remarkable memoir An Impossible Life Journey, will be in town to share his powerful story during the 30th Book Expo Thailand at Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Ratchadaphisek Road, on Oct 13 at 5pm.
Resisting industrial expansion
Life, Supara Janchitfah, Published on 02/09/2025
» It took pomelo farmer Nid Pairow a few years to get her crops officially recognised for their distinct quality under the Geographical Indication (GI) programme. Like famous French Champagne, the GI accreditation signifies the pomelo varieties Nid has grown are exclusive to her hometown of Prachin Buri and have one-of-a-kind taste and texture.
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.
A Useful Ghost fills a vacuum at Cannes
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 19/05/2025
» What begins as comedy sometimes ends as horror. Or maybe: What begins as comedy sometimes ends as tragicomedy. Last Saturday, writer-director Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke presented Pee Chai Dai Kha (A Useful Ghost) at the 78th Cannes Film Festival, the sole Thai title in the festival.
Voices of change
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 31/03/2025
» What if a media crew goes to great lengths to construct rather than record an event? With this question at heart, Asst Prof Viroj Suttisima, a lecturer at Bangkok University's Faculty of Communication Arts, illuminates the dark side of media ethics in his short story The Last Night Of A Documentary Filmmaker -- winner of the Phan Waen Fah Award in 2024.
Artistic, with insects
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 16/12/2024
» When Thanapat Termsintawee was a third-year student at the School of Fine and Applied Arts, Bangkok University, he conducted a thesis which compared human society to ant colonies. Working on the thesis led him to keep ants and develop a familiarity with the insects.
City of chaos
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 28/10/2024
» Embark on an explosive ride through the City of Angels and its gritty streets with Bangkok Breaking: Heaven And Hell, Netflix's latest Thai action thriller.
Eyes without a face
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 09/10/2024
» The eyes like nomadic orbs, wandering the screen and inquiring the floor, like vagabond satellites in stray orbits -- eyeballs in search of their owners, lost or liberated from what once held them transfixed -- are the centrepieces of Apichatpong Weerasethakul's new exhibition at the Centre Pompidou, Paris.