Opinion pieces and commentary on Thailand's current affairs, in English, from Thai PBS World contributors.
It is hard to square the ex-General's “lenient” with the five years since the coup: civilians killed by forces under his command, villages burned, opponents imprisoned—and Suu Kyi still in detention.
Next week, the 5,000 crew members of the USS Abraham Lincoln and two associated ships will come ashore in Laem Chabang.
One of the stranger side effects of modern image culture is that we're starting to doubt the extraordinary. When we see an incredible landscape, a stunning face, or a photo of an animal doing something unlikely, our first thought isn't just how remarkable it is, but whether it's even real. More often than not, we're asking: Is this AI? There's a little sadness in this shift.
A common dilemma in the arts is realising that an admired artist was, by many standards, a terrible person. This isn’t unusual; it’s often a harsh reality: they may have abused power, exploited others, or been violent, manipulative, cruel, predatory, or indifferent to harm.
One of the most common reactions to contemporary art is also the one people are least willing to admit publicly: confusion. Perhaps outrage, maybe revelation, but the shy uncertainty about what exactly they are looking at, and, admittingly, the fear that they are somehow failing the experience by not immediately understanding, is slowly taking over.
As a veteran UN human rights rapporteur, Tom Andrews should have demonstrated a deeper appreciation of the sensitivities surrounding the Thai-Cambodian border conflict.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul's two-day official visit to Jakarta on Aug 3-4 carries significant regional importance. As ASEAN's two largest economies, Thailand and Indonesia share a responsibility to help anchor the region's stability and growth.
This World Cup was like that bad boy you date because of his looks and not much else. The stadiums were gorgeous, on-field dramas were aplenty and off the pitch were things like the Messi-Yamal photos taken when the former bathed the latter who had only just been born. Late, meaningful goals were scored every other day.
With Thailand playing a coordinating role, ASEAN is accelerating its diplomatic re-engagement with Myanmar despite mounting scepticism about the initiative achieving any breakthrough.
Most people assume an exhibition begins with the first artwork. It does not. By the time you arrive at the first painting, sculpture, video work, or installation, your experience has already been shaped from several footsteps ago.
