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Bangkok approves track route for Formula 1 GP night race
By Saksith Saiyasombut & Siam Voices Apr 29, 2013
Bangkok has inched another step closer to hosting a Formula 1 race in Thailand after the approval of a track route in the old part of the capital. But does the city have the infrastructure to host an event of this size? We have documented Bangkok’s bid to host a round of the FIA Formula
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Thailand lifts ban on Preah Vihear border conflict documentary
By Saksith Saiyasombut & Siam Voices Apr 26, 2013
Earlier this week, the Thai independent documentary “Boundary” or “ฟ้าต่ำแผ่นดินสูง” (literally “Low heaven, high ground”) on the Thai-Cambodia border dispute around the ancient Hindu temple Preah Vihear was banned from commercial release by a sub-committee of the Thai national Film and Video Board (see previous coverage) for endangering “national security and international relations” and misinforming
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Thai documentary on Preah Vihear border conflict banned
By Saksith Saiyasombut & Siam Voices Apr 24, 2013
A Thai independent documentary about the disputed border region with Cambodia and the ancient Hindu temple Preah Vihear has been banned from screening in Thailand for “national security” reasons, according to the filmmaker. The movie “Boundary” or “ฟ้าต่ำแผ่นดินสูง” (literally “Low heaven, high ground”) by Nontawat Numbenchapol revolves around a young Thai soldier from the violent crackdown
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Thai TV station red-faced after Thatcher-Streep gaffe
By Saksith Saiyasombut & Siam Voices Apr 09, 2013
Former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher passed away on Monday at the age of 87 and with the passing of a historical figure like her, the mechanisms of the media go into full swing as her political legacies are discussed with either passion or loathing (while social media discussed whether or not the etiquette-based courtesy
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Uncharted amendments: Thailand constitution changes in legal limbo again
By Saksith Saiyasombut & Siam Voices Apr 05, 2013
Thailand’s lawmakers have passed proposals to amend the constitution. But the changes are still a long way from being inked, as the Constitutional Court will now consider the proposals in a process that could not only endanger the amendment process, but also the ruling government coalition, explains Saksith Saiyasombut. As if this Wednesday – that
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Thailand’s defence minister fears ‘too much press freedom’
By Saksith Saiyasombut & Siam Voices Mar 29, 2013
We have written numerous times about the armed forces’ open disdain for the press. Who can forget army chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha’s very frequent furious outbursts against the press, most recently against ThaiPBS for the controversial monarchy debate where he essentially told all critics of the lèse majesté law to leave the country. Now in Friday’s Bangkok
