Bangkok Informer

With less than a week to go before the gubernatorial election on March 3, Pheu Thai candidate Pongsapat Pongcharoen has released a one-minute-long, stop-motion film in his latest attempt to win votes from youngsters. Pongsapat posted the video clip, named “Youngsters, Go vote,” yesterday. It has already garnered 5,000 views and 120 likes. The film [...]

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The debate over amnesty in connection with the 2010 political mayhem will not make headway unless the red shirts get down to the specifics of what such legal absolution would entail. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – Politics

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 IUCN Global Water Programme Chaingrai   CHIANGRA – Experts at a conference in Chiang Rai held out hope that future transborder water conflicts such as the one over Laos’ Xayaburi dam will be dealt with in a more inclusive and sustainable manner, but the concept is still in its infancy in the region. In a [...]

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Stephan Zlotescu must be on some pretty strong shit. You’d probably never heardof him until today, but the rising American filmmaker is building a whole lotta buzz for a short film he just released called “True Skin” that envisions Bangkok’s future as a robot-filled cyborg dystopia. The seven-minute film looks like it was shot in [...]

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By Saksith Saiyasombut On Saturday, thousands of red shirts gathered at Ratchaprasong Intersection in Bangkok to commemorate the second anniversary of the violent crackdown against the anti-government protests on May 19, 2010 by the military. Ninety-one people have lost their lives and thousands were wounded in the clashes – protesters, soldiers, civilians and journalists (notably Fabio [...]

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In for the short haul I leave them mesmerised by iThings and apps, catch a plane, a train and a tuk-tuk, and a few mornings later I am standing in the shore-break of a pristine beach on the Gulf of Thailand, 300 kilometres south-west of Bangkok. Close watch … langurs take … Read more on [...]

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