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Hope fades for migrant children
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 13/12/2021
» Once a happy-go-lucky fifth-grader who studied at a migrant learning centre in Mae Sot, Min* opts to sniff glue in his free time. By doing so, he wishes to momentarily forget the enormous responsibility of bringing food to the table by working long shifts at a local slaughterhouse after his parents were laid off due to the impact of Covid-19.
Covid complications
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 30/11/2021
» The health and economic impact of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has heightened the housing crisis not just in Thailand but worldwide, amid reports that global poverty is at an all-time high.
Under the lens
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 23/08/2019
» In 2015, Bangkok played host to its first international photo festival, PhotoBangkok. Works by an array of talented Thai and international photographers were displayed in 24 galleries around town, reportedly attracting over 100,000 visitors.
Tomboy portraits, with entertainment
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 14/06/2019
» The photo exhibition titled "Tomboy Bangkok", staged at Silom 8 Gallery at Whiteline, is expected to create a buzz in town as it is reported to be one of the first photo exhibits in Thailand focused on self-identified tomboys.
Visiting the vulnerable
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 28/11/2018
» European Union Ambassador to Thailand Pirkka Tapiola recently visited the border town of Mae Sot to survey EU-funded projects for Myanmar Muslim migrants. Much work still needs to be done to improve the living conditions and outlook for the number of migrants there, and the ambassador is working with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to make sure it happens.
A glimmer of hope
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 10/10/2018
» Fourteen-year-old Lamzambi lives in abject poverty in a border town of Mae Sot in Tak province. Coming from a migrant family, she lives with her mother and siblings in a shack with no electricity and running water. After her father died, the family remains dependent on three older children who work in the town market.
Able artistry
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 11/09/2018
» Multi-talented Taiwanese artist Leland Lee paints from the depths of his soul; profundity and richness of colour ooze from the images he alone can portray with such intensity.
The refugees' witness
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 23/07/2018
» Documenting the heart-wrenching and often emotionally distressing images of the Rohingya refugee crisis is not for the vulnerable or faint-hearted.
Breaking the fast, together
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 04/06/2018
» For the last decade Hussein, a lanky Muslim Rohingya, has been breaking his Ramadan fast -- or iftar -- at the century-old Jami-ul-Islam Mosque in Soi Ramkhamhaeng 53. For Hussein, the mosque on this busy eastern neighbourhood of Bangkok is more than just a house of worship; it has become his second home, especially during Ramadan, the fasting month when family usually gathers round at sunset to eat the first meal together. Hussein, 27 and a father of one, misses his parents and relatives who continue to reside in refugee camps in Bangladesh.
A weird and wonderful journey
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 18/05/2018
» When Roger Crutchley set off from London on a mainly overland sojourn to Australia as a 22-year-old, little did he know that he had embarked on an adventure of a lifetime. Fate had him destined to head towards Thailand instead, which eventually became his home away from home for now almost half a century. And counting.