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A Thai opera company turns to technology during the pandemic to encourage art and learning
Opera Siam and Siam Sinfonietta recently announced the winners of its two-month-long Virtual Virtuoso Project at the Bangkok Art and Culture Center (BACC).The Minister of Culture and other official dignitaries were present to award the trophies and certificates...
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The Museum of Anti-Corruption, and the Myth of Individualized Corruption
“What counts as corruption?” It is the defining question of Thai politics, emblazoned in a playful font on a concrete pillar in the parking lot of Thailand’s Anti-Corruption Museum. The Anti-Corruption Museum faces the exit of the Government House, where...
Commentary
Opinion: Thailand’s LGBTQ friendly image is just veneer, deep down more work needs to be done
The cabinet announced the endorsement of a same-sex civil unions bill last week with Thailand now set on becoming only the second country in Asia to embrace same-sex civil unions after Taiwan. A momentous feat, and perhaps something that should...
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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...
The Culture Blog
Locals criticize the construction of new landmark, European-styled windmill in Krabi
A new landmark proposed by the government in Krabi province is drawing criticism from locals and online critics for having nothing to do with local culture, local media reported Wednesday.The large windmill, currently being constructed at the roundabout...
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:...
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Students protest the reinstatement of prostration at a prominent school in Bangkok
High school students from Bodindecha (Sing Singhaseni) School are challenging the act of prostration and are demanding an end its practice, student leaders told Thai Enquirer.The once abolished tradition of prostration under the reign of King Chulalongkorn...
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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...
Commentary
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...
