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Learning from the Rohingya's plight
Life, Prapai Kraisornkovit, Published on 12/06/2015
» In recent months, images of Rohingya refugees have flooded the media, drawing increasing attention to the Myanmar government, the UN and Asean. The Rohingya's moments of despair, frozen in photographs, have mobilised world opinion to their cause.
Selling myths through social networks
Life, Prapai Kraisornkovit, Published on 27/02/2015
» It is hard to imagine a time when Facebook didn't exist. Social media has invaded lives and rooted itself in daily routines. The speed with which people can communicate with each other is a marvel of technological advancement.
Guiding the tech kids, analogously
Life, Prapai Kraisornkovit, Published on 30/07/2014
» In late June, Alysia Montano, an Olympic-class runner, ran the US Outdoor Track and Field Championships 800m race while 34 weeks pregnant. The news went viral, stirring up all sorts of opinions and outcries on the internet. Montano, who consulted her doctor and received the OK to run, was praised by many (including other pregnant women) for inspiring them to get in shape and condemned by others for being reckless with her unborn child.
The weighty task of keeping resolutions
Life, Prapai Kraisornkovit, Published on 22/01/2013
» Hello 2013. Though the holiday feeling has slowly dissipated from the air, it has been replaced with a new sense of vigour and rejuvenation. The New Year celebrated a resetting of the clock, a new start, a do-over for the past year. It's an occasion when we look towards something positive and refreshing, to begin a new cycle with optimism and to achieve new goals.