Also read: Can Bangkok's Next Governor Save our City?
Can Bangkok's Next Governor Really Save our City?
Can Bangkok's Next Governor Really Save our City?
GREENER CITY
Suharit Siamwalla
Use the income for Bangkok's garbage concessions to build more parks.
Sopon Pornchokechai...
Also read: Governor Policy Watch: Bangkok's Candidates in the 2013 Gubernatorial Election
GREENER CITY
Decha Boonkham: National Artist, landscape architect, designer of Benjasiri Park and Suan Luang Rama IX
Why isn’t Bangkok a greener city?
Our city planning has been a failure for...
We’re in a cab on the way to meet Chuvit Kamolvisit and his entourage somewhere in Din Daeng. They’re launching a new website (www.chuvitonline.com) to help get the former massage parlor kingpin’s anti-corruption message across to voters. We’re simply relieved to be able to...
It is 11am on Wednesday, June 15. Chitpas Bhirombhakdi and her campaign crew are in front of a jeans shop next to Petchburi Road, waiting for the rest to arrive. Everyone is wearing light blue Democrat polo shirts sporting the party’s number 10. The MP candidate herself sports a polo in a...
It’s 8am and we’re supposed to meet Tankhun Jitt-itsara, the Democrat MP candidate for Don Muang (Constituency 12). Located at the furthermost points of the MRT and BTS plus another 20 minute cab ride, the Don Muang constituency is pretty far-flung from the center of the capital. The...
1. Syndromes and a Century (2006)
When the Board of Censors ordered scenes from his movie cut, Apichatpong chose to replace them with silent, black screens of the same duration as the cut scenes, creating long moments for viewers to be painfully aware of their absence. He said the police were so...
Thailand—and perhaps Bangkok, most of all—has been traumatized by the demonstrations and military crackdown that killed 91 people and left parts of downtown in smoldering ruins a few months ago. Perhaps because of our disapointment with politics, or because of increasing censorship,...
Wall > War
Through Oct 31
At BACC, BTS National Stadium
Actress-turned-artist Wannaphon “Sai” Chimbanchong documents political Facebook statuses and toilet poems through graffiti art, installation and ceramic. BTS National Monument
Manohra and Best Friends of the Snake
Through Oct...
WEB
According to Global Voices Advocacy (http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org), Thailand has, to date, blocked at least 113,000 websites deemed to pose a threat to national security. To break this down, the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) and the Center for the...
This Sunday sees the completion of elections for the district and city councilors of Bangkok. If you are even registered to vote, chances are you won’t be casting your ballot—there was only a 35% turnout for the by-election on June 6 (see Who Voted So Far)—despite the Bangkok...
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