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Welcoming the Year of the Dog
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 09/02/2018
» People of Thai-Chinese roots across Thailand are preparing for Chinese New Year celebrations next week, starting on Wednesday, Feb 14, which is payday, continuing to Thursday, Feb 15, a worship day, and the start of Chinese New Year on Friday, Feb 16 -- officially kicking off the Year of the Dog, in accordance with Chinese calendar.
No longer medical sci-fi
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 06/02/2018
» Imagine a world without cancer, HIV, flu or diabetes. Humans somehow strive for such a utopia but no one can say if it's near, or even possible.
A peaceful gateway
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 09/11/2017
» Mention Fukuoka and travellers to Japan are not sure if they should pay the city a visit. Compared to metropolitan Tokyo, enchanting Kyoto and lavender-infused Hokkaido, Fukuoka is lesser known.
No more Mr Mom
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 06/11/2017
» It didn't come as a surprise when Sweden was announced in early October as the best among the European Union countries when it comes to gender equality. Based on the ranking from the 2017 EU Gender Equality Index, the country comes ahead of Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands. The lowest position in the list is Greece.
Music with a vision
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 16/10/2017
» Master Kong Nay is blind, but his physical disability is not contagious. So whenever he hears people say whoever plays his music will become blind just like him, he always feels a lump in his throat.
Thai couple awarded Grand Fukuoka Prize
Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 22/09/2017
» FUKUOKA: Thai economist Pasuk Phongpaichit and her husband British historian Chris Baker on Thursday received the Grand Prize of the 2017 Fukuoka Prize, an award established by the City of Fukuoka to foster and increase awareness regarding the value of Asian cultures.
The art of prosperity
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 04/05/2017
» Feng shui Master Yun Long Zi's latest painting collection glows in the dark. When asked why he made his paintings luminescent even when the light is off, he said it was his intention to put the universe in his artworks.
Take antibiotics off the menu
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 28/03/2017
» As a pig-farm owner in Nakhon Pathom, Sitthichai Suksomboon spent hundreds of thousands of baht each month on antibiotics to keep over 1,000 pigs in his possession healthy and disease-free. Little did he realise that by doing so, he was gradually putting himself in really bad shape.
The craft of cures
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 08/02/2017
» While on her way back home from Wat Leng Noei Yi in Bangkok's Chinatown on a recent Tuesday, Dusadee Thanaviboolsawat saw a sign that took her down memory lane. It read "Berlin Pharmaceutical Museum".
Taming the fiery rooster
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 26/01/2017
» Chinese New Year comes early this year. In Thailand, the main celebration of China's grandest traditional festival falls on Saturday, when Chinese-Thai descendants set up food offerings for Chinese gods, give family members a red envelope containing hong bao, or cash gift, and wear red -- a token of luck and fortune.