Luk Kreung in History and Popular Culture
It has been a while since I’ve explored the influence of luk kreung (i.e. half-Thai people) in popular culture. Today it seems that a great number of part-Thai people are prominent in Thai popular...
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‘Chompoo’ Araya Hargate: Thai-British Actress
Araya A. Hargate, born on 28th June 1981, is a famous actress in Thailand. She was born to a Thai-Lao mother and a British father. Thus, she holds Thai and British nationality. At the age...
Top 5 Posts: Nadech & Yaya Are Number One
Do you like to know which are Sirinya’s Thailand Blog’s most popular posts? Well, since I’ve been writing my blog for more than nine months now, I think it’s time for a small review...
Paula Taylor: Thai-British Actress
Paula Taylor is a popular half-Thai actress, model and presenter born in January 1983. Her real name is Punlapa Margaret Taylor but in the entertainment industry she is known as ‘Paula Taylor’. Her father...
Nadech Kugimiya: Thai-Austrian Actor
For some years now, half-Thai actor and model Nadech Kugimiya has been a popular face in Thai media and the entertainment industry. Hence, he is famous on Channel 3. I think there is hardly any Thai teenager...
Luk Kreung and the Construction of Thainess
Cultural studies have explored the relationship between farang and Thai national identities or Thainess. These studies put forward that since the 1950s and the beginning of the 21st century, foreign influences have intensified to intimate...
Kimberly Ann Voltemas – Thai-German Actress
Kimberly Ann Tiamsiri Voltemas, born in 1992, is a popular half-Thai actress and model. She has a Thai mother who is from Chiang Mai and a German father. She is the youngest of four siblings, her sister is called Jennifer...
Patrick Kronenberger: Thai-German Singer
Patrick Kronenberger is a Thai-German singer and songwriter. Born in November 1988 in Hanau, Germany to a Thai mother and a German father, he moved to Berlin in 2010 to dedicate his life to making...
Mario Maurer: Thai-German Actor
Mario Maurer was born 1988 in Bangkok to a Thai-Chinese mother and a German father. He is also known as Nuttavut Maurer and his nickname is ‘Oh’. He has an older brother called Marco with whom...
Ann Thongprasom – The Popular Thai-Swedish Actress
Ann Thongprasom, born 1976 in Bangkok, is a well-known luk kreung actress in Thailand. She was born to a Thai mother and a Swedish father. Since her father died early, Ann grew up with her grandmother in...
