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The leader's true self
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 24/11/2014
» 'A few months ago, the [North Korean] Ministry of Interior issued a statement on TV — 'We will remove your existence from the universe'," says Jang Jin-sung, unfazed, over a decade after he fled North Korea in the middle of the day, across the frozen Yalu River and into China.
Nature-inspired products for the home
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 21/02/2014
» A local enterprise that started out manufacturing commercial plastics has evolved into Qualy Design, a firm that has embraced tree-hugging principles to make a range of imaginative products for the home, from a shoe-horn that resembles a sexy, high-heeled vinyl boot and an umbrella rack that was clearly inspired by the spatial arrangement of the roots of a water lotus to attractive chopping boards, one decorated with a lettuce print, another with an image suggesting the marbling — layers of fat — found in cuts of raw meat.