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Working towards a better future
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 22/03/2021
» For two decades, Kyungsun Kim has worked to bring humanitarian and developmental aid to children of all creeds and races. Her numerous posts have included serving in Panama and Sudan as a programme specialist and between 2012 and 2016, she was a senior adviser for Unicef in New York managing external relations and partnerships.
Passport to prosperity
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 17/03/2021
» May I see your vaccine passport? You will be asked to demonstrate proof of shots everywhere -- be it airports, shops or events -- until the coronavirus outbreak is kept at bay. If you leaf through history, you will find their predecessors. In the past, travellers carried international certificates of vaccination to show at the port of entry when they visited yellow fever risk areas such as Africa and Latin America.
Difficult roads ahead
Life, Published on 31/12/2020
» Thailand expects to face a long drought period in the international tourism market from now until the first half of next year, according to the Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn.
Let’s explore Bang Kachao – Bangkok’s green lung!
Published on 11/09/2020
» Calling on expats and everyone! Escape from busy work days in a skyscraper for a chance to appreciate the true beauty of the Thai local lifestyle. It’s easy, simply take a one-day trip filled with nature and peacefulness right next to Bangkok at Bang Kachao – Bangkok’s green lung.
Calling all itinerant foodies
Life, Patcharawalai Sanyanusin, Published on 11/09/2020
» After the huge success of its introductory phase launched a couple of months ago, "Thailand Food Paradise" should excite food-loving travellers even more with what is described as the best gastro-tourism campaign of the year.
A (drag) star is (re)born
Life, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 27/07/2020
» The art of drag has been gaining momentum in the Thai mainstream in recent years, thanks to two seasons of Drag Race Thailand, the Thai version of the Emmy-winning RuPaul's Drag Race, and various gay-friendly parties popping over the town in pre-Covid-19 Bangkok.
Honouring the pandemic heroes
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 13/07/2020
» With Lumpini Boxing Stadium becoming the super spreader site of the coronavirus in March, Thais panicked as the number of infections jumped to the hundreds. Health officials were criticised for inadequate measures against the pandemic while doctors and nurses faced a shortage of medical supplies. All of this sparked the idea for veteran photographer Anusast Laochoom to show support for frontline health workers through the White Gown Warriors campaign.
At the crossroads of justice and virtue
Life, Chris Baker, Published on 10/07/2020
» The judiciary is the least studied element of the Thai polity. That did not matter much 25 years ago because it played almost no political role. But now the courts bring down governments, exile leaders, dissolve political parties, punish protesters and jail people for thought crimes. This book is long awaited and does not disappoint.
Cher tweets joy as Pakistan agrees to free lonely elephant Kaavan
AFP, Published on 22/05/2020
» ISLAMABAD: Music icon Cher marked "ONE OF THE GREATEST MOMENTS OF MY LIFE" Thursday after a Pakistani court ordered freedom for a lonely elephant named Kaavan, who had become the subject of a high-profile rights campaign backed by the US singer.
Bearing witness
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 06/03/2020
» Cindy Bishop is no stranger to the human-rights-protection circle in Thailand. The campaign she set up two years ago called #DontTellMeHowToDress has helped raise awareness of sexual harassment and gender inequality in Thailand, sparking dialogue on victim-blaming, among other issues.