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STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 03, 2020 • 6 min read

Thai democracy Growing schism in Thailand as monarchists hit back against protests

By Tara Abhasakun • Aug 03, 2020
As pro-democracy student-led protests gather momentum and press in Thailand, a smaller group of monarchists, apparently led by an entirely different band of students, are pushing back against what they see as an assault on the country's foundations

STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 30, 2020 • 7 min read

Tales of the Pandemic The long way home: State quarantine in a Bangkok hotel

By Wanpen Pajai • Jul 30, 2020
Last week, Globe reporter Wanpen Pajai returned to her native Thailand from the Netherlands. Beyond bureaucratic hoops, stringent health checks and now state quarantine, along the way she has also encountered human stories from people impacted by the pandemic

Jul 21, 2020 • 2 min read
Thai democracy

Thai premier ‘worried’ as pro-democracy student protests grow

Thailand's prime minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha has said that he is worried about the growing anti-government and pro-democracy student protest movement gaining momentum in the kingdom
By Agence France-Presse • Jul 21, 2020

Jul 04, 2020 • 5 min read
Art and culture

Goldie opens Bangkok gallery to showcase street art from around world

Enigmatic British musician-cum-artist Goldie launched a gallery in Bangkok on July 4. Showcasing contemporary, urban, and street art from around the world, the gallery is located in an up-and-coming neighbourhood of the Thai capital
By Gaspar Ruiz-Canela/EFE-EPA • Jul 04, 2020

May 27, 2020 • 9 min read
Green cities

How did lockdown impact air quality in your Southeast Asian city?

While the global pandemic has been devastating for economies and lives across the world, it has been undeniably good for the environment. As cities across Southeast Asia have shut down, air quality has steadily and uniformly improved – that is in all but one city
By Lee Ying Shan and Alexi Demetriadi • May 27, 2020

May 06, 2020 • 3 min read
Covid-19

Bangkok’s millionaires’ club enjoys lockdown luxury

While the majority of Thai citizens suffer with a lockdown that has crushed the economy, left millions unemployed and created lines for food donations, the kingdom's super-rich have not forgone luxury during the pandemic and are enjoying a VIP delivery experience
By Dene-Hern Chen / Agence France-Presse • May 06, 2020

Apr 15, 2020 • 2 min read
Thai economy

Gold glitters as cash-strapped Thais sell jewellery

Hundreds of Bangkok residents rushed to goldsmith shops in Chinatown in order to sell their jewellery, as gold reached its highest levels since 2012 this week due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic pushes prices skywards
By Agence France-Presse • Apr 15, 2020

Feb 28, 2020 • 5 min read
Thailand photography

Uncle Chet’s meat supply

Amid its rapidly modernising and increasingly sanitised landscape, only small pockets of old Bangkok survive today. Photographer Marcel Mayer shadows Uncle Chet, a pig slaughterer in the city's historic Chinatown for decades, who is one such living relic of a bygone era
By Marcel Mayer • Feb 28, 2020