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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...
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Opinion: Destroying Scala is destroying past hopes and future dreams
The demise of the SCALA saddens me so but also makes me reflect on how the cinema fading is a small symbol of failed success and opportunity in Thailand.You had the best airline in the world until, through...
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Move Forward proposes Thai schools throughout the country to drop school uniforms and help alleviate parents’ financial woes
As Thais schools officially reopened on 1 July after over five months and the burden of many parents’ expenses remain high, Tunyawuj Kamonwongwat, MP of Move Forward Party on Wednesday proposed to the Ministry of Education that schools nationwide...
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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....
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Opinion: Liverpool have won a league title after 30 years; When does Thailand get a win?
Liverpool have finally done it. On Friday morning (Thailand time), the reds finally broke the curse and won a league title after a 30 year wait.To put that into footballing terms, the last time the reds won the...
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Review: Da 5 Bloods adds to America’s library of Vietnam War films but does not break the mold
“All wars are fought twice,” Pulitzer-Prize winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen wrote, “the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory.”Da 5 Bloods is an evocative contribution to the memory of the Vietnamese battlefield.“Furiously alive,” in...
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The view from the students: We will not stop fighting
Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul, or Roong, as she is known among her friends, received a summons from the Royal Thai Police for her involvement in the demonstration calling attention to the disappearance of Wanchalerm Satsaksid on June 5th.The warrant stipulated...
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Johnson & Johnson to discontinue skin whitening line in Asia after BLM backlash
Johnson & Johnson , an American multinational corporation selling pharmaceutical and personal care products, is ending their skin-whitening products popular in Asia and the Middle East following the global debate about Black Lives Matter and racial inequality, the company...
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Department of Mental Health releases worrying stats of increased anxiety among Thais as the pandemic continues
The continuation of the coronavirus pandemic around the globe has left Thais struggling to cope with the severe crisis, according to the Department of Mental Health on Thursday.This is compounded by a chain of economic downturns and effects that...
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Amnesty International urges supporters worldwide to send appeal letters to Hun Sen and demand answers for Wanchalearm’s disappearance
The International Secretariat of Amnesty International United Kingdom urged supporters and human rights activists around the world to send letters to Hun Sen, the Prime Minister of Cambodia, calling for an immediate investigation behind the disappearance of Wanchalearm Satsaksit,...
