Lakorn, popular Thai TV soap operas, are a national pastime enjoyed by many. Even if you're not a fan, you won't be able to escape them with your friends confessing their love for phra ek (male lead) ...

Last night the battle for audience ratings pitted Channel 7's Luk Mai Lark See against Channel 3's Manee Sawart and Channel 5's Khu Kam. In some households there might have been family fights for ...

A SOAP by any other name is still a soap—or is it? In Thailand, soap operas are called “lakorn.” A lakorn is usually a melodrama that usually focuses on the romance between a man and a woman and the ...

Mae Nak is a Thai lakorn which has been remade several times, the latest of which aired on Thailand's channel 7 in 2000. It starred Pachrapa Chaichua as Mae Nak and Pete Thongjeur as Tid Mak. This ...