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An emphasis on excellence
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 07/01/2019
» Pairin Mongnan lost part of his eyesight when he was 13 years old. Back then he could still manage to take care of himself and do some house chores. But after he lost his visibility completely seven years ago, he became more dependent on his mother and sister.
Ringing up high costs
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 25/03/2014
» When Jandee Pattani was told that her 1.3 million baht phone bill wasn’t a technical error, she was so shocked her hands began to feel weak.
Protests - heaven for cyclists
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 19/03/2014
» President of Thailand Cycling Club, Thongchai Panswad, has been walking and cycling and encouraging people to do the same for over two decades.
Historic Bangkok ’hood unearths its colourful past
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 17/03/2014
» Charoen Chai is an old Bangkok neighbourhood located between Charoen Krung and Plabpla Chai roads, from which names its own is believed to have been derived. In 2010, rumours that residents would be evicted to make way for the construction of a new underground train route (the MRT’s blue line) caused members of this century-old community to band together and form the Charoen Chai Conservation and Rehabilitation group in an effort to save their own homes.
Sowing the seeds of change
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 25/02/2014
» The government’s rice-pledging scheme was presented as a policy to improve the quality of life of Thai farmers. However, over a period of two years, the scheme has proven to be a failure with more than a million farmers not paid for their harvests, resulting in eight suicides and endless protests, leaving many of them in deep debt. Life speaks to two farmers who left the scheme behind
A sea change
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 18/02/2014
» ‘Okay, okay, just raise the pla too price to 150 baht per kilo. We’ll buy them!” one of the passengers shouted to the captain, a half-mocking plea for him to stop the boat as it ploughed through the 2m waves. The rest of the group, trying to balance themselves in the wobbling boat, grabbed anything stable enough to keep them safe, all the while laughing as a sign of agreement.
Copenhagen of the east
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 28/01/2014
» When Suthep Thaugsuban decided to lead the Bangkok Shutdown march on January 13, his goal was to change national politics. He had no idea his march would tremendously change Bangkok traffic and the way Bangkokians think about daily commuting - in a good way.
Classroom politics
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 22/01/2014
» 'We used to run the country. And we could manage the economic crisis. We are experienced enough to manage the country again. Please vote for us."
Monsoon racers
Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 06/01/2014
» Snitvong Thongplengsri remembers the childhood fun of racing rua pok paek in front of his house with his neighbours, in the local floods which followed a downpour.
Global gastronomy
Muse, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 30/11/2013
» Food is a never-ending story. Lonely Planet takes us on another journey to explore food around the world in The Food Book: A Journey Through The Great Cuisines Of The World.