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Ending statelessness
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 08/07/2019
» A veteran advocate for the rights of stateless communities in Thailand, Tuenjai Deetes has for close to half-a-century devoted her life to helping them achieve their rightful status in a nation they have resided in for long enough to love and cherish as their own.
The real reason Grab is winning: service
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 01/07/2019
» Taxi and motorcycle taxi drivers in the capital were once again up in arms last week when they heard that their arch-rival Grab Thailand, the local operating arm of the Singapore-based start-up hailing service app, might be getting the green light by the government to operate legally.
Where creative ideas can be both heard and seen
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 13/07/2018
» Creativity, it is said, is meant to be shared. What better way to unleash this power of creativity than by attending PechaKucha Night Bangkok, a global platform for creative minds, now in its 23rd edition, on July 17 at Open House, Level 6, Central Embassy, from 7.30pm onward with a presentation starting at 8.20pm.
Taking on the traffickers
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 17/07/2017
» Life's unkindnesses turned Wirawan Mosby, 2017 recipient of the US Secretary of State Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report Hero Award, into a woman of valour.
Bringing people together
Muse, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 02/03/2013
» Patcharee Pantoomano Pfirsch set up Bangkok's Networking Community (BNOW) - which has organised networking and social events for the last decade - to address issues that come with working and living in Bangkok for entrepreneurs from all walks of life.
Ride of their lives
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 28/02/2013
» Heike and Filippo Fania's lifelong desire to travel the world on motorcycles brought them together as a couple. They hooked up at the most obvious hotspot for bike enthusiasts _ a motorcycle travellers' forum in Germany.
Making the right moves
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 03/05/2012
» Thai cuisine's photogenic qualities and aromatic smell sparked Dutch expatriate Cees "KC" Cuijpers' fascination with Thailand on his first trip to the kingdom back in the early 1990s. A business opportunity brought him back shortly after, and since then he has been settled in Pattaya for the last 15 years.
Plainly speaking
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 19/03/2012
» The "English Speaking Year 2012" programme, initiated in preparation for the merging of the Asean Economic Community (AEC) in three years, would be given a much needed boost if a significant amount of funds could be channelled into cutting down the number of students per class in public schools and supporting their non-native-speaking Thai teachers with ongoing training, development and mentoring, advises leading education author and trainer Jeremy Harmer.