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Survey: Teaching most popular career choice for children
Jon Fernquest, Published on 10/01/2017
» Soldier is the coolest job for children, as well as teacher, doctor, farmer, athlete & policeman.
Thailand's first blind orchestra: Meet the young musicians
Jon Fernquest, Published on 10/03/2015
» "I cannot see but I have good ears... that is my gift in music," he says, "When we lose one thing, there will always be a substitute."
Child labour in Thailand
Jon Fernquest, Published on 20/12/2012
» US human trafficking laws might make Thai exports to the US more difficult, if action is not taken soon.
Astronomer: More than a job, a passion
Jon Fernquest, Published on 11/05/2012
» Working late into the night on top of Thailand's highest mountain Doi Inthanon, astronomers scan the sky looking for stars & planets.
Raw fish & cancer in Thailand
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/01/2012
» Raw meat's link with liver cancer, long known, is now the focus of a childhood education programme to stop deadly bad habits forming.
Thai paper for home decoration
Jon Fernquest, Published on 20/12/2011
» Curtains & room partitions made of traditional Thai banana-fibre paper capture the imagination of environmentally conscious Europeans.
Children waiting for heart surgery
Jon Fernquest, Published on 26/05/2011
» Thousands of very sick children with heart defects await surgery each year. 20% of them die within one year of their birth.
The Thai classic Khun Chang Khun Phaen
Jon Fernquest, Published on 24/11/2010
» Husband wife team Chris Baker and Pasuk Phongpaichit worked for years on this scholarly translation. Thorough annotations and comparisons of different versions of the tale are what makes this pathbreaking edition unique.