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Boxing provides hope in Haiti's Cite Soleil slum
AFP, Published on 29/03/2016
» PORT-AU-PRINCE - Thirty youngsters exercise in a concrete yard, sharing four punching bags and a few pairs of gloves: this is boxing practice and it's what hope looks like for youth in Haiti's Cite Soleil slum.
Jatuporn gets another invite for a 'discussion'
Online Reporters, Published on 18/02/2016
» Red shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan was invited for another “discussion” with soldiers at the 11th Military Circle on Thursday afternoon and released two hours later.
Off to a quiet start
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 01/01/2016
» For its first two days, the 68th Cannes Film Festival hasn't managed to turn up the real heat. The world's most famous tapis rouge — or red carpet — of the Grande Theatre Lumiere might be set ablaze by the stars of the furiously hellish Mad Max: Fury Road, showing Out of Competition, but talking points early in this cine-circus include Catherine Deneuve's caricature on the cover of Charlie Hebdo and Salma Hayek gnawing at a sea dragon's heart cooked by a virgin. Otherwise, café punditry keeps up the Cannes tradition of guessing the Palme d'Or winner without anyone having seen all the contestants. Elsewhere on the Boulevard de la Croisette, things remained pretty underwhelming.
Delinquents flee Samut Prakan juvenile centre
Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 23/11/2015
» Several escapees remained at large on Monday morning after 14 delinquents fled from a juvenile detention centre in Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan province on Saturday night.
Juvenile rehab camps planned for 10 NE provinces
Nopparat Kingkaew, Published on 18/11/2015
» SURIN -- Young delinquents will be put through a rehabilitation programme at military camps in 10 Northeast province under a new scheme being implemented by the Central Juvenile and Family Court and the Suranaree Task Force.
'Hello': French travel guide launches special edition for refugees
AFP, Published on 23/09/2015
» PARIS - The Routard travel guide that has led generations of French travellers through foreign lands has published a special version to help refugees navigate daily life in France.
Uni hurts its own cause
News, Editorial, Published on 14/09/2015
» A military camp will play host to 53 transgender female students of Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University from Monday until Wednesday, with the aim of adjusting their attitudes. They got in a spot of trouble late last month for participating in a poorly thought-out hazing ceremony that had them dancing and performing simulated sex. If that was out of line - and it certainly was - what are we to think of this university's punishment, its attitude toward the students in the first place and even its own record on hazing?
Global disarray as institutions falter
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 17/08/2015
» The international system as we know it is unravelling. Rules and institutions that were set up seven decades ago no longer hold the same weight and authority as they used to. As we grapple with an exacerbating global disorder, established powers and players and old rules and institutions need to be revamped and reinvented to accommodate new realities. Otherwise global tensions will mount, most probably accompanied by confrontation and conflict.
Going West
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 14/07/2015
» Wakey wakey, Thailand. Look at what the winds are bringing in: Thai remakes of American series. How well is any of this is going to go down? So glad you asked, because we did our homework.
If the shoe fits, you’re wearing sneakers
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 12/07/2015
» Walking through one of Bangkok’s 689 shopping malls this week, I stumbled across a “Shoe Fair”. Actually, “Sneakers Fair” is more accurate because all items on display were sneakers, or what we English stubbornly call “trainers”.