Commentary
Opinion: Reconciling Thailand’s political generation gap
On July 19, in one corner of Thai Twitter, a question was posed. “Do your family members have differing political perspectives? And if so, how do you live together?” Never mention politics at the Thanksgiving dinner; so goes the timeless...
Literature
Poetry: ‘Ode to the Students’
by S. Thana--It is the same flag that once waved above your head as you stood at attention before school. The same burden of blue, white, and red, told the same lies, by the same fools.But...
Literature
Poetry: ‘this is home’
by Myea girl kneels on sun-dried grass,her knees dig into the infested soilthat nature created with such intentionto build this beautiful place,where green grow with home for
their roots, and worms unearththeir homes to hide away from the
creatures...
Main
An EXIT INTERVIEW with Belgian Ambassador Philippe Kridelka
Philippe Kridelka has been the Belgian Ambassador to Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia for the past three and a half years. Now as he finishes his tour in the region, he offers us some thoughts in an EXIT INTERVIEW...
Current Affairs
Thai netizens rallies for man forcefully put in psychiatric hospital for wearing anti-institution T-shirt
Thai netizens took to twitter to criticize the detention of a man who was forcefully admitted to a psychiatric hospital for wearing an anti-institution T-shirt and calling for his release.The hashtag #saveทิวากร was the top trending tag in...
Main
Embattled social media star turns himself in and apologizes to the public
Sean Buranahiran, a social media influencer and life coach, gave his first interview to the public this week after a seven hour interrogation at Pakkred police station, apologizing and denying all allegations of embezzlement on a controversial fundraiser.The...
Current Affairs
Thai netizens questions the role of the army in Thai society
Thai activists and internet users have used the hashtag #ทหารมีไว้ทําไม (why do we have soldiers) to question the role of the armed forces in Thai society, with the hashtag receiving over 50,000 mentions in the last 24 hours.The...
Main News
The history of the Angyi – secret Chinese societies – in Siam
Tucked into Bangkok’s Yaowarat Chinatown is a thronging alleyway crowned by a Chinese-style gate, known as Soi Phalit Phon or – by its local name – Soi Sun Yat Sen. Halfway down the street, a small plaque marks the place where...
Main
Opinion: Thailand can not go back to what it was, we must march on
At least 2,000 people rallied in Bangkok this weekend against the government in one of the largest political demonstrations in years. Given that the crowd received just a few days notice, the numbers were impressive.It is a continuation...
Current Affairs
Opinion: Thai education needs reform; we can start with how we teach our history
The recent furor over school haircuts and how teachers have continued to cruelly enforce them even after clear directives from the Ministry of Education has put the authoritarian culture underpinning Thai education into stark focus. But it is also common...
