I think there's a difference between kissing in private and onscreen. In private, it's not documented unless they're stupid enough to take pictures of themselves and end up leaking them. In Kwan's case, her argument is reasonable because the Thai film culture has kept the lakorn industry pretty conservative when it comes to real kissing. It was only until 2008 that people started stepping out and doing real kisses. They had real kisses back then too, but the more daring actresses did them and they were halfies, which is okay I guess because they're halfies. Lol. What I'm trying to say is, the Thai acting criteria has never considered real kissing as a praiseworthy quality. So Kwan can refuse and get away with it because if they didn't complain for the past decades about angled kisses, why are they complaining about them now just because some people are doing it? It'd be a different story if Kwan was a Hollywood star who refused to kiss her co-stars because doing real kisses is actually an acting criteria in American films.
I wish she was more open-minded in transitioning to the new acting era, but I guess it's okay if she chooses not to
And who did
Shah Rukh Khan kiss?!? Better not be Kareena Kapoor.