The Culture Blog

by Jam Kraprayoon.To understand Bangkok,its concrete blocks, streets and klongs, is a matter of geometry.Its slums and tenements lie parallel,growing wider and higher,though their people rarely meet.For years, your lives ran apart.He was the youngest of five,the first to leave...

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...

Young Thai internet users have begun targeting Thai members of K-Pop bands on Monday for not speaking out on pro-democracy issues. Some netizens asked why celebrities have spoken up on previous issues like the Black Lives Matters protests but...

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...

Today, Taiwan is often seen as a shining example of democracy in East Asia. Since the late 1980s, Taiwan has transformed from a one-party state ruled by the Kuomintang Party (KMT) to a vibrant multi-party democracy where power transitions...

Pro-democracy sentiments have taken root in Thai society with young people increasingly vocal about their demands for accountability and pluralism from the government. But along with that, another phenomenon is also growing just as fast -- the urge to...

Pheu Thai party pulled out of curbing the powers of the senators on Tuesday .As a result, Thai netizens have expressed dissatisfaction over the decision made by the party, resulting in the trending hashtag on Twitter: #กูสั่งให้มึงปิดสวิตสว or “I...