While the junta vows to restructure energy prices, last week 10 activists were arrested for staging a rally urging energy reform. BK chats with consumer activist and former senator Rosana Tositrakul, 60, one of the leaders of Thai Energy Reform Watch, about her inspiration for becoming an activist, her long-fought battle against corruption, and why nationalization of the energy sector makes sense.

Migrant laborers are a hot topic in Thailand at the moment, also bringing into question the conditions of Thai workers in their own country. BK talks to labor activist Bunyuen Sukmai, 44, winner of this year’s Somchai Neelapaijit Award (in tribute to the missing human rights lawyer), about standing up for his fellow workers.

Thanapob “Tor” Leeluttanakajorn, 20, shot to fame last year with his role in GTH’s controversial series Hormones. Now he’s back for the second season, plus he’s starring in the new film The Swimmers (in cinemas this August). BK chats with him about his troubled school days and his life-changing stint as a monk.

S.E.A. Write award-winning writer Chiranan Pitpreecha, 59, was a student leader in the 1976 uprising and went into hiding in the jungle after the crackdown. These days she’s better known for running a volunteer photography group Foto+United and working as an advisor at Museum Siam, which just launched the B199 Muse Pass.