Main News
Critics say that the government’s same-sex civil union bill does not go far enough
Thailand’s cabinet endorsed a civil partnership bill on Wednesday that would recognize and allow same-sex unions with almost all the same legal rights as that of a married couple but critics and the LGBT community said that it does...
Current Affairs
Military-rule and military prominence in Thailand is a legacy of American imperialism
“The formation of a “Revolutionary Council” in Thailand announced today does not represent a coup d’état’,” reads a stunning 1958 memorandum from the American Bureau of Intelligence and Research.Without a trace of irony, it goes on to explain:...
Main News
The legacy of slavery and emancipation in Thailand
There is a stunning fresco at the Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall produced by Italian painter Galileo Chini in 1913, titled “King Chulalongkorn abolishing slavery.”The Great King stands dressed in Western-style royal finery before a harbor scene, symbolic of...
Current Affairs
Opinion: Article 38 is scary for all critics of China; in Thailand we’ve had a similar law for years
This week, China passed a sweeping national security law that will fundamentally change the way that Hong Kong operates.The law grants the central government in Beijing the ability to crack down on dissidents in Hong Kong and imprison...
Current Affairs
Opinion: Today Hong Kong, Tomorrow Thailand
No one could have predicted that it would happen this faster. When Carrie Lam tried to (unsuccessfully) pass her extradition law last year, we knew that this day would eventually come. But no one expected Beijing to force through...
EnquiStock
STGT listing is full of potential amid rubber glove boom during coronavirus pandemic
In less than 24-hours Thailand is going to see the listing of the 1st company on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) since the outbreak of the coronavirus, which hammered the capital markets all across the globe.The last initial...
Literature
The History of Thailand in 100 Objects: Patpong Co,. Ltd.
"Tom, Tom, where you go last night?" Ad Carabao sings in the opening lines of 'Welcome to Thailand.'“I love Meuang Thai. I like Patpong."The lyrics from to the 1987 song from the legendary Thai rock band Carabao...
Main
The Real Story about Thai Fruit: Growth of Internet Sales and Pandemic Worries
Thai fruit has been the subject of controversy lately, thanks to a New York Times article that provoked the ire of both Thai readers and BIPOC writers in food media. The subjects of the story were exoticized into unrecognizability:...
Commentary
Is Asia’s cosmopolitan elite so entrenched with American ‘global culture’ that it fails to see problems at home?
When George Floyd died with a police officer’s knee on his neck, it set America alight in protest. But it was not just in America that the words “I can’t breathe” were plastered across protest signs and Instagram stories....
Commentary
The battle that led to a dozen revolutions including Siam’s
The smoke had barely cleared over the narrow body of water that separated Tsushima Island from the Japanese mainland but the Battle of Tsushima Strait was already making headlines around the world.For the first time in modern history,...
