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Headache Stencil’s work portrays Thai democracy as a game for the ruling elite

His works began appearing overnight on the streets of Bangkok and Chiang Mai five years ago: incendiary satirical depictions of the military officials who took power in Thailand in the 2014 coup.

Although the authorities would work quickly to erase all trace of the graffiti, there was no stopping the artist, who calls himself Headache Stencil and is often referred to as the Banksy of Thailand. Pictures of his works portraying the Thai prime minister as Dr Evil from Austin Powers or the deputy prime minister on the face of a Rolex have been shared millions of times on social media.

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'I am not here to entertain': meet Thailand's first transgender MP

‘I am not here to entertain’: meet Thailand’s first transgender MP

Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Bangkok

Tanwarin Sukkhapisit, an accomplished film director, has triumphed over stigma to enter politics as an equal

Tanwarin Sukkhapisit, Thailand’s first transgender MP, who is set to take their seat once the 2019 election results are officially announced. Photograph: Tanwarin Sukkhapisit

Thailand is no stranger to political instability, but Sunday’s election,…

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Thailand bay made famous by The Beach closed indefinitely | World news | The Guardian

Thailand bay made famous by The Beach closed indefinitely Visitors flocked to Maya Bay on Ko Phi Phi Leh island after it was in Leonardo DiCaprio film Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Bangkok Wed 3 Oct 2018 08.55 BST First published on Wed 3 Oct 2018 06.02 BST Shares 5,423 Up to 5,000 tourists a day arrived at Maya Bay, causing huge environmental damage, officials said. Photograph: Dietrich Herlan/Getty Images One of the world’s most popular beaches, made famous by the 2000 film The Beach, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, is to be closed indefinitely to allow it to recover from the damage caused by millions of tourists. The golden sands and crystal blue water of Maya Bay, ringed by cliffs on Ko Phi Phi Leh island, has become one of Thailand’s most-visited tourist destinations since it shot to fame as the movie’s location. The small beach has sustained extensive environmental damage in recent years, receiving up to 5,000 tourists and 200 boats a day. Can a tourist ban save DiCaprio’s coral paradise from destruction? Read more Thai authorities announced they would be temporarily closing the bay from 1 June, but have now extended the planned four-month closure to at least a year, due to the extent of the destruction caused by the thousands of day-trippers. Thanks to pollution from litter, boats and sun cream, it is estimated that more than 80% of the coral around Maya Bay has been destroyed.

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Thailand: bay made famous by The Beach closed indefinitely - The Guardian

Thailand: bay made famous by The Beach closed indefinitely – The Guardian

Visitors flocked to Maya Bay on Ko Phi Phi Ley island after it was made famous in the Leonardo DiCaprio film. Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Bangkok. Wed 3 Oct 2018 03.55 EDT First published on Wed 3 Oct 2018 01.02 EDT. Share on Facebook · Share on …Read more

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Inaugural event tackles often-censored topics such as sex work and Thailand’s war-torn south

Standing in a massage parlour in the seedy glow of red strip lighting, Pueng turns to the camera. “I have a dream, to build a new house for my family,” she says. “Then I can open a small grocery shop”. It is a simple aspiration – the extraordinary aspect of it is that, as one of Thailand’s hundreds of thousands of sex workers, she has been given a public platform to speak at all.

Alongside 17 other sex workers from the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai, Pueng appears in I Have Dreams, a video made by the artist Chumpon Apisuk and one of 75 works to feature in the inaugural Bangkok Art Biennale, which opened at the weekend and will run until February.

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