Most people who do not plan to vote in the Mar 3 gubernatorial election told pollsters that they are simply “bored with politics.” Bored? BORED? This election is so exciting, it’s like H&M and Ikea and Siam Center all opening on the same day. It’s like getting a lifelong...
published: Feb 12 2013 - 12:00am
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After foreign news reports of exiled ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra secretly governing our nation, Thailand is suddenly in a panic. Could it be true, that the slight similarity between his last name and the current prime minister’s is not pure coincidence? Could...
published: Feb 8 2013 - 12:00am
In the very same week, the Thai Journalists Association came out and said that freedom of expression does not actually mean the right to criticize anyone, and that we should defend ASTV’s right to criticize generals. We’re a bit confused now as to the exact definition of freedom of...
published: Feb 1 2013 - 12:00am
Mind Sirikachorn is now the go-to Photoshop retouch artist for election posters in Bangkok. She shot to fame thanks to her placard featuring a blurry cell phone picture of the Chiang Mai zoo guy holding a baby panda. The poster got huge media attention and, since then, she’s the one would be-...
published: Jan 25 2013 - 12:00am
Oh yeah, baby. The governor election is ready to rumble! Draw near as political heavyweights Sukhumbhand “The Prince” Paribatra and Pongsapat “The Good Cop” Pongcharoen lather up and wrestle down for the title. In the blue corner, The Prince, weighing in at 305 pounds, can...
published: Jan 18 2013 - 12:00am
Abhisit didn’t seem to mind when Insects in the Backyard got pulled by the censorship board under his premiership. (Maybe he doesn’t like men in dresses?) Nor did he come out and express his horror when Ing K’s film Shakespeare Must Die got censored by the same board under...
published: Jan 11 2013 - 12:00am
We figured you’d be a little down from having to head back to the office after the month of revelry. So instead of piling on the guilt with some stupid New Year New You health issue on how you need to cut down on carbs and do more sit-ups, we’ve decided to celebrate the one thing...
published: Jan 4 2013 - 12:00am
As 2013 draws nearer and the festivities intensify, here’s a little year-end quiz to see just how well your booze-addled brain can remember the past 12 months.
1. Why is Pheu Thai pushing for a constitutional reform?
a. To enshrine the right to free cable broadcasts of major football...
published: Dec 28 2012 - 12:00am
Seventy new items have been added to the Culture Ministry’s list of Thai cultural icons. Newcomers included somtam, pla ra (fermented fish) and buffalo racing. Our lovely culture minister expressed concern that there are more children who know the dance moves to “Gangnam Style”...
published: Dec 21 2012 - 12:00am
Last week, Arisman Pongruangrong was sentenced to one year in jail, without hope of suspension, for saying that former PM Abhisit Vejjajiva ordered the killing of people. That same week, the DSI charged PM Abhisit Vejjajiva (and Suthep Thaugsuban) for authorizing the killing of people, Red Shirts...
published: Dec 14 2012 - 12:00am
