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A failing grade
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 20/08/2019
» First it was rotten eggs in phalo soup served to schoolchildren in Prachin Buri province. Then it was criticism over a school lunch case in Nakhon Pathom where people took to social media, complaining both the quality and quantity of a lunch meal served to primary pupils.
Calling for a fair chance
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 21/11/2017
» Unicef Thailand last week launched a new campaign highlighting the inequities faced by migrant children in Thailand, their challenges in accessing health and education services, and in completing their education.
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.
The life-saving T-shirt
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 02/05/2017
» While spending time getting to understand breast cancer patients as part of her postgraduate thesis, Asst Prof Jinpitcha Mamom knew too well the pressure and anxiety facing those sick ladies.
Stray bullets
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 22/11/2016
» Maple Syrup Urine Disease. Gaucher Disease. Prader-Willy Syndrome. Pompe Disease. Angelman Syndrome.
Dengue shot, anyone?
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 08/03/2016
» Dengue fever claimed 141 lives in Thailand last year, with more than 142,000 people being infected. The tropical disease is expected to not stop wreaking its havoc this year. Only two months into 2016 and almost 10,000 Thais have fallen victim to it, with three reported deaths, according to figures from the Bureau of Vector Borne Disease under the Ministry of Public Health's Department of Disease Control.
A senior moment
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 04/02/2015
» In the first of a series delving into the work of people often overlooked, Life follows a caregiver at a home for the elderly, hearing her thoughts on a country verging on becoming an ageing society, and what actions need to be taken to ensure the aged are not forgotten.
Those with a vested interest
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 09/07/2014
» You may have some family heirlooms, real estate or a healthy bank balance to pass on to your loved ones as an inheritance, but for the motorcycle taxi drivers in Soi Ngam Duphli on Rama IV Road, their vests are a priceless piece of their family legacy.
Leaping hurdles
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 15/07/2013
» Cleaning the shop's displays and filling the shelves with products all day long, Supakorn Gesmankit lives his typical working days just like other part-timers at a clothes store. His shift starts at 7.30am and ends at 3pm. He works four days a week and is paid the same wages as other temps. But there is one huge difference, and that is his intellectual impairment.
Tackling toxicity
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 09/10/2012
» From playground equipment, snacks children eat at school to fruit and vegetables served at home or even the food containers they use, children these days are being increasingly put at a higher risk of exposure to hazardous chemical substances than ever before.