also Thailand, where a new moral fight had begun.
Bangkok:- The Culture Ministry has threatened to take legal action against models at the on-going 36th Bangkok International Motor show for having exposed themselves too much.
Culture Minister Veera Rojpojanarat said he had received a lot of complaints that many models in the motor show fair had dressed improperly.
Veera said complaints were especially raised against a brand for showing body painting on some models that was considered to be too much exposed.
The minister said he has seen the photos of body-painted models and he thought they were revealing too much and their act was not appropriate for the Thai culture.
“I’ll have the Culture Watch Office coordinate with that brand and the organizer to make sure that the models get dressed properly,” Veera said.
Yupha Thaweewatanakijboworn, director of the Culture Watch Office, said she had assigned her officials to coordinate with the Royal Thai Police to take legal actions against the models who revealed themselves “too much”.
Yupha said the act of models might be deemed indecent act that violated Article 388 of the Criminal Code.
She said the article prohibited any person from carrying out an embarrassing act by exposing himself or herself or doing any other indecent activity in public place. Such a violation would be subject to a fine of Bt5,000, she added.
Her office will gather pictures of too-much revealing models at the motor show for using as evidence for taking action, she added.
“They have clearly violated the law,” Yupha said. She also warned social networkers not to share the models’ photos as they could be deemed violating the computer crime act too.
we remember ...
Art – A wide range of responsibilities covering every branch of art, tangible and non-tangible, are needed here. Art is a source of knowledge and a heritage handed down from our predecessors. It is therefore obligatory that it needs to be preserved and maintained, ready to be passed on to posterity. Also needed is the promotion for the creation of contemporary art to add to the wealth of wisdom for the current generation. Its value should be collected as national treasure.
http://www.m-culture.go.th/english/inde ... on-mission
but it was also predictable, what was ready to come ...
Netizens warned against sharing improper images of pretties in social media
BANGKOK: -- Netizens have been told by the Ministry of Culture not to share the images of scantily-dressed motor show pretties in the social media warning that they may face legal actions.
Mrs Yupa Thaveewattanakitborn, director of culture monitoring office, said today that the images posted on the social media of models with their bodies painted and scantily dressed at the Bangkok International Motor Show held at Muang Thong Thani were indecent and construed as a violation of the Criminal Code.
She said that the models in question could face a fine of 5,000 baht for indecent act whereas those who posted or shared the images in the media would be liable to charges under the computer law.
Meanwhile, Culture Minister Veera Rojpojanarat said he would ask car companies participating in the motor show to ensure that the models are dressed more properly.
http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/netize ... cial-media
Motor show 'pretties' overheat Culture Ministry 25 Mar 2015 at 17:46 28,031 viewed21 comments WRITER: ONLINE REPORTERS A model for a car exhibitor dances on the pre-opening of the 36th Bangkok Motor Show on last Thuesday.
Thailand’s cultural guardians kicked into overdrive Wednesday after models covered only in body paint got patrons at a Bangkok International Motor Show preview a bit too revved up. Culture Minister Weera Rojpotchanarat vowed to fine the "pretties" up to 5,000 baht each for public indecency and prosecute anyone sharing photos of them online following complaints from attendees of Tuesday's VIP and press preview. The show at Bangkok Impact Arena opened publicly on Wednesday and will run until April 5.
Mr Weera said the ministry could not sit idle following complaints that models showed off curves on more than just cars. One booth had models outfitted in only tiny bikinis and body paint.
Such revealing attire did not fit the cultural context of Thailand, he said and called for cooperation from the organisers to have models cover up.
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so, what is the definition of porn ?
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Bangkok:- Thai girls who may be pondering to join the new trend of “underboob selfies”, should have the second thought as the Culture Ministry warned that they could end up violating the Computer Crime Act.
According to Thairath Online, the warning came from Yupha Thaweewattanakijborworn, director of the Culture Watch Office of the Culture Ministry.
Many foreign women have joined the so-called underboob selfies trend by taking photos of their body up from the waist to the breast without showing the nipples.
Yupha also urged the Thai media not to play up the trend if the media has not seen underboob selfies by Thai women yet. She explained that such reports might backfire rather than doing good to the society.
She said if Thai women post underboob selfie photos, they may be deemed breaking the Computer Crime Act by putting pornographic pictures into computer system.
She added that the Culture Ministry does not support Thai women to be scantily clad in public places, and it would become a serious problem for the society if many Thai girls follow the example.
Thairath Online also interviewed Roongtawan Chaiha, an Internet idol who rose to her fame by posting her own sexy photos on her Munkaw Chaos Girl Facebook fan page, said she has no plan to catch the underboob seflies trend. So far, her page has received over 470,000 likes mostly from men.
Munkaw, who has proudly announced that her breast is her selling point, said the Thai society would not accept such the underboob trend. Posting photos partially revealing the breast from the high angle of view is already causing serious trouble for her, she added.
This is connected to an old question :
‘Can tourists be safe in bikinis?’
http://asiancorrespondent.com/126776/th ... n-bikinis/
the conflict is linked with the situation, that many young russian tourist set new standarts,
cause in their home country, the promotion for Thailand makes them believe,
that they enter just another asian ibica zone.
http://vk.com/chonburi
and you find a lot of fun about the security aspect in Thailand
http://vk.com/chonburi
So, the difficult point, how to reduce the "western tourist "porn" " at thai beaches,
to make the western bikini girls disapear,
and suite the nationalist in the country,
and to be credible,
when you try to change the standarts on the Thai Motorshow in Bkk.
btw,
the body painted model was a constructed fake, to start the discussion,
or what could you expect, 5 years later,
after the famous
Leo 2010 calendar controversy
BY LYN – DECEMBER 24, 2009
POSTED IN: THAI STARS
[Yea, they’re nude, it’s body paint, can you tell?]
Don’t they have anything better to do than going after a bunch of skanky looking models scantily clad in body paint. There is child prostitution, internal political issues, prostitution in general, the economy to worry about it. Not this. Let it go!
And, how can this be a law?
Section 32 of the Alcohol Beverage Control Act 2008 prohibits the advertising of alcohol drinks, their brands and trademarks in a way that encourages consumption, directly or indirectly.
What are they trying to do ban alcohol completely from Thailand? The whole point of advertising is to make products encouraging to consume. Why don’t they just be blunt about it? Alcohol is illegal. There, that is more clear and giving me less of a headache. Beer companies in Thailand sponsor concerts, we should ban that too because it encourages alcohol consumption. We should close all the bars in Thailand, but they are not going to do that because it will totally sink Thai tourism. They are just scratching the surface and just fronting by saying alcohol consumption is wrong but not really acting on it. What a load of hypocrisy! By the way, blurring alcohol bottles in lakorn doesn’t help much, it’s downright annoying and makes me focus on it more.
Leo Beers (a beer brand under Singha Beer company, the largest beer company in Thailand) releases a girly calendar with their logo in the background each year. This year was no different and the calendar was produce by “Lukkade” Metinee Kingpayom and apparently it’s against the law because it’s a form of print advertisement for alcohol. So the government is banning the sale and distribution of this controversial calendar. Now there is all this buzz about it. Read more about it here and an opinion piece about it here.
More pictures from the calendar here.
http://play.kapook.com/photo/show-28171
They edited out the Leo logo out for legal reasons, I’m assuming.
I know many of you might harp on me for having this viewpoint, like several readers at Manager news website who are condemning “Lukkade” Metinee Kingpayom, calling her unladylike, not Thai for bringing smut into Thai culture. Personally, I would never buy the calendar, I’m a girl who doesn’t drink but it doesn’t mean I’m going to force my believe system on you. Everyone wants to save the community and restore traditions, the community doesn’t need saving, you need to save yourself first. Sure it’s the against the law (note some laws need to be broken), but the calendar is not even that bad–it’s just a bunch of skanky looking girls (hopefully they are not like that in real life) posing semi-nude. If you don’t like it don’t buy it.
The models at the opening of the calendar
Actress Anna Ris and “Lukkade” Metinee Kingpayom at the opening event.
TAGS: "Lukkade" Metinee Kingpayom
http://iheartlakorns.com/tag/lukkade-metinee-kingpayom/
http://iheartlakorns.com/2009/12/leo-20 ... ntroversy/
