Art on Trial: The Mor Lam Singer
Jailed for two years for performing in a play that satirized the monarchy, Patiwat “Bank” Saraiyam turned to his enduring passion for singing mor lam, writing what he said was 100 songs. Some expressed his feelings. Others, he said, helped soothe fellow inmates.
Thai University Students Cosplay as Red Guards and Nazis, Again (Photos)
BANGKOK — Thailand’s university students again showed their zeal for genocidal chic in leaked photos showing seniors from a top art school dressed up as Adolf Hitler and Chinese Red Guards, reportedly for a hazing ritual.
‘I Did What I Had to,’ 2006 Coup Maker Says 10 Years Later
BANGKOK — As the plot to stage Thailand’s first coup d’etat in a decade was put in motion on a Tuesday night 10 years ago tomorrow, the man behind the entire stratagem said he was playing tennis at an army base near his home.
Not Here to Entertain You: B-Floor Confronts Thailand in Movement and Meaning
BANGKOK — People rise lifelessly behind orange road barriers. They take on different identities and personalities through movements alternating between zombies shuffling, mobs lynching, gunmen shooting, spectators cruelly laughing and shirtless students crawling.
Broken Promises: BTS Still Off Limits to Disabled
BANGKOK — To ascend to BTS Mo Chit, one must first climb 45 steps. They might as well be a million for Manit Inpim, a wheelchair-bound activist who for years has fought for access to the popular rail service.
Injustice Echos From All Sides Two Years After Koh Tao Murders
BANGKOK — One night, two years ago tomorrow, Zaw Lin and his friend Wai Phyo were playing guitar and drinking beer on a beach. Today they are locked up in Thailand’s most notorious prison for a crime they say they didn’t commit.
Guerrilla Boys Mask Up for Feminism, Democracy (And Likes)
BANGKOK — In New York, they drew lipstick penises in subway stations to protest the art world’s gender imbalance. In South Korea, they struck at its democratic principles. In Bangkok, they marched on the Democracy Monument a day before the charter referendum.
Top Architect Says River Project Plagiarized Design
BANGKOK — Flames erupted over the Chao Phraya River again when one of the nation’s top architects pointed out that recently unveiled plans for a structure anchoring a controversial river redevelopment project were identical to that of a famous British architect.
‘Missing’ Chinese Tourist Doesn’t Want to Go Back to China
CHONBURI — A Chinese woman who reportedly vanished at a tiger zoo in Chonburi province was found Tuesday hiding in a farmer’s hut in a nearby rice field, police said.
Russian Nurse Becomes Photo Nomad in Search of Beauty
BANGKOK — Living in a dying Russian city where everyone gets married by 25 and retires to watch soap operas at home, a nurse turned photographer decided to travel the world in a quest for beauty.
