Commentary

Thailand's finally made its long awaited debut on Pornhub's Top Twenty Countries by Traffic's list in 2019, rising six spots to claim seventeenth place.That places Thailand above Russia but underneath India and the Ukraine, on the list compiled...

Despite having never really been educated in a Thai educational system, Thanyarat (not her real name) grew up believing she was a proper and proud Thai -- born and raised.That belief, however, was soon challenged on the first...

For young people in Thailand, independent film is a relatively new phenomenon. Not until “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives” became the first South-East Asian film to win the Palme d’Or award at the Cannes Film Festival...

“So this is how liberty dies,” Senator Padme Adimala says when Palpatine declares himself absolute monarch, “with thunderous applause.” Deep anger and disillusionment rippled across Thai social media today, as the quote was shared across the Thai twitterverse and Line...

Thailand is modernizing at an incredible pace. Social media and online interactions have deculturized younger generations of Thais from the traditional past causing far-reaching ramifications both politically and culturally.Yet one can’t help but feel that this younger generation,...

Pop sensation Lydia Sarunrat Deane joins us to talk about raising a daughter and the challenge that women face in Thailand.When I had Dylan, my son and first child, the world was full of opportunities. My husband and...

We met up with Phum Viphurit to learn more about his journey as an independent artist and how this soulful crooner became Asia’s latest sweetheart.If you don’t recognize his name, you’ll recognize his voice. Before his hit song “Lover...

Back in December 2019, I visited my sister at her workplace at a small elementary school in Bangkok. That day, the “red flag” had been raised in front of the school, indicating an unhealthy concentration of PM 2.5 in...

It isn’t easy being an Asian actor in Hollywood. Even in 2020, it seems the best roles are reserved for caucasians while actors of colour are sent to the periphery. I’ve been working in Hollywood for almost six years now, and...

You saw it on Facebook and Twitter first. The videos of bloody bodies lying in the parking lot. The images of people fleeing in terror, of the mall’s food court ablaze, and gunshots, the piercing sound of gunshots, everywhere.  The posts didn’t...