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The quest for the truth
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 21/03/2022
» The "compromised" nature of the crime scene in the drowning death of actress Pattarathida "Tangmo" Patcharaveerapong -- or Nida -- who reportedly fell into the Chao Phraya River from a private speedboat with fatal consequences, could well have been averted with better professional conduct by law enforcement and experienced police interrogators, according to former police investigator-turned-criminologist, Krisanaphong Poothakool.
Sex as violence
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 17/03/2017
» The raw urgency of award-winning Indian-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta's film Anatomy Of Violence, which examines the 2012 shocking assault and rape of medical student Jyoti Singh by six men aboard a moving bus in New Delhi, drives home the need to address gender inequality at the root.
Beutler is not immune to victory
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 24/02/2015
» Before American immunologist Bruce Beutler was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his "discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity", he had to make personal sacrifices.
‘Miracle’ violinist savours musical renaissance
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 27/11/2014
» Since surviving a near-fatal car accident earlier this year, Russian-Belgian violinist Tatiana Samouil describes herself as a walking miracle.
Sea change
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 09/09/2013
» With the wind in his face and salt spray in his hair, Patinyakorn Buranrom has co-skippered his yacht to make Thai sporting history. Now the 29-year-old is back on land and sitting pretty after clinching third place with his team in the world-famous Transpac 2013 _ the longest of the two oldest ocean races in the world. He's become the first Thai to win the coveted position.