What is PromptPay? A Guide for Noobs.
Use an ATM or banking app and you’ve probably been nagged to register for a service called PromptPay. Maybe you’ve even gone ahead and done so without any idea what it is.
For Departing Veteran Correspondent, Big Events Matched by Small Moments
BANGKOK — Thirteen years of reporting has led him throughout Thailand, from tsunami tragedy to political upheaval and beyond. But now Nirmal Ghosh, a doyen of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand, is leaving the kingdom.
Opening Weekend For Bangkok’s New Alt Cinema
BANGKOK — This wet weekend check out Bangkok’s new independent mini-cinema.
Chinese Moms Love Their Gay Kids in ‘Mama Rainbow’
BANGKOK — A gay-positive Chinese documentary which challenges conservative notions of family and prevailed against censorship at home will show in Bangkok next month.
Rain Ticket: Dragon’s 4 Party Picks For Friday Night
This week I’m Kevin Costner to guide you through Bangkok’s Waterworld in search of salvation through a bangin’ club night or two.
The Battle For Bangkok’s Little-Known Folk Museum
BANGKOK — When Waraporn Surawadee’s no-rise neighborhood near the river was threatened by an eight-story residential project earlier this year, the folk museum caretaker decided to put her money where her mouth was.
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.
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.
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.
