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On August 24th, the Manager newspaper published a political cartoon depicting Mao Zedong and Thanathorn Juangroongureangkit side by side. In front of Mao are the red guards, holding Little Red Books; in front of Thanathorn are today’s anti-government protestors,...

The live-action adaptation of Disney’s Mulan opened in Thailand today with students and activists calling for a boycott of the film.The calls for boycott came after the main leads had expressed support for the Chinese government and their...

At the height of Zhang Yimou's great masterpiece To Live, the cultural revolution is well underway. Academics and professionals are being hounded and hunted by Mao Zedong's Red Guards, who are mostly comprised of school and university children taking...

Hundreds of thousands of Thai netizens on Tuesday used the hashtag #แบนไอดอลคนไทยในเกาหลี (ban Thai idols in South Korea) to boycott the famous Thai k-pop idols in Thailand for not speaking up about the pro-democracy movement happening in their home...

Today, August 31, Chulalongkorn University is scheduled to demolish the Chao Mae Tubtim Shrine to make way for a condominium and mixed-use development.The shrine is considered to be a sacred shrine for the Taecheow Chinese community that once...

On Monday, at a student protest rally at Chiang Mai University, a freelance photographer took what may be the defining picture of the student-led anti-government protests in Thailand so far.The photographer, who asked to be called GoodMondayShoot (his...

Thailand's Minister of Education, Nataphol Teepsuwan, this week said that Thai student protesters can be arrested inside schools around the country if they were breaking the law in their protests.For the past two months, student-led protests have engulfed...

High school students throughout Thailand raised three fingers while adorning white ribbons during the daily flag-raising ceremony on Monday to stand in solidarity with the ongoing anti-government protests.The movement trended on Twitter with the hashtag, #โรงเรียนหน้าเขาไม่เอาเผด็จการ (the next schools...

Thai anti-government protesters are finding new ways to highlight their struggle against the Prayut Chan-ocha government including alternative social media platforms and online dating applications.Student-led protests have gripped the country over the past two months with students calling...

What can the architecture of a house tell you?One could take a quick glance at this quaint wooden house and conclude that it is of Thai design and origins. And while that is true to an extent – if...