Life just got a whole lot easier for culture vultures wanting to explore Bangkok's numerous museums thanks to the launch of the Muse Pass, which gets you entry to 20 different museums for just B199.
“Comic essay” is the term used in Japan to describe autobiographical comic strips relating real-life anecdotes from their author’s life. The trend is really taking off here, with Patcharakan Pisansupong, 28, who goes under the pen name Plariex, at the forefront of the genre. Her page (www.facebook.com/Plariex) has nearly 300,000 fans. She tells BK about quitting her job in a law firm and finding happiness in her illustrations.
The pictures were Tweeted all over the world: small groups of anti-coup protestors sitting down at the BTS Chong Nonsi skywalk on May 29, silently reading books like George Orwell’s 1984. BK meets up with two of the protestors, Kasama and Pimsiri, who tell us why they chose reading as a form of resistance.
