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Biking for the joy in life
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 18/01/2016
» Most people in their right minds would agree that cancer is the last thing they want to have in their lives. Onusa Loetsuwanphaisan thought likewise before she was diagnosed with the demoralising illness five years ago. Now, however, she says something that probably makes her sound slightly cuckoo: she is thankful that she had cancer.
Discovering freedom
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 08/12/2015
» 'I am most grateful for two things," said Park Yeon-mi at the recent One Young World event in Bangkok. "That I was born in North Korea and that I escaped from North Korea. These events have made me who I am today."
Health revolution
Muse, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 07/11/2015
» Every Sunday, the entrance to Sukhumvit 49 is teeming with people, mostly foreigners, lining up for a table in front of the new restaurant that carries a strange name — Broccoli Revolution.
The doc will click you now
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 13/10/2015
» At day, Dr Adunchai Sangsert changes women's lives by giving them higher noses, larger eyes and bigger breasts. But at night, after getting home and tucking his sons into bed, he switches on his computer and begins to provide answers, for free, to online questions sent to him. Queries range from a distressed mother seeking the correct way to breastfeed her newborn, to a disoriented elder who has just found out he has cancer.
Home is where the heart is
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 05/01/2015
» ‘I haven’t dressed up this handsomely for so long,” said Chaiporn Vathanaporn, an 82-year-old man who has been living on the streets for more than 17 years. He spoke last month at an event where he was honoured with a Prachabodhi Award, recognised by the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security for his charitable deeds.