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Green fingers point to a healthier future for Chiang Rai's hill tribe kids
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 01/09/2019
» CHIANG RAI: Waking up early for school is difficult for most kids but not this 13-year-old ethnic Akha girl. Mallika Sae-lee, a 6th-grade student at Ban Ruam Jai School in tambon Pa Tung of Mae Chan district of Chiang Rai, arrives early every day to take care of a vegetable patch before her school's morning recitation of the national anthem.
Top 5 social media stories of the year
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 30/12/2017
» The influence of social media on society today is of profound importance, and 2017 was no exception. This past year was one when netizens widely used social media platforms to scrutinise matters of public interest. Below are the top five news stories of the year that spread online mostly through social media initially in a much faster and wider manner before the mainstream media picked up and pursued them.
Asean book fair inspires eager Lao students
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 12/12/2015
» Khamphout Phongphath, a freshman at the National University of Laos' (NUOL) faculty of liberal arts, is busy trying to choose books from the books exhibition space for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) at an annual university book fair in Vientiane.
A major challenge to the military mindset
Spectrum, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 08/11/2015
» A national human rights commissioner has called on the army to learn lessons from the death of Private Wichian Phuaksom, in a bid to protect conscripts from abuse at the hands of officers.