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Raising the Pride flag
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 31/08/2020
» Alongside anti-government demonstrations, protesters are raising their voice for equality and LGBTI gender rights.
Diversity marks TIFF awards
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 08/11/2019
» The 32nd Tokyo International Film Festival concluded earlier this week, with Frelle Petersen's Uncle from Denmark taking home the top Tokyo Grand Prix/Governor of Tokyo award. The drama, which had its world premiere in Tokyo, is about a young woman's life as she cares for her elderly, disabled uncle in rural Denmark.
The many modes of giving
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 12/03/2019
» Anyone can be a giver regardless of age, social status or ability. On March 22 and 23, visit Suan Kru Angoon in Thong Lor to be a part of Hai Doei Chapor (Give Especially), a project organised by the Thai Health Promotion and Klongdinsor, a company that develops communication tools for the blind. The project aims to create a space for volunteer work for all, focusing especially on the underprivileged to change their role from that of a receiver to giver, too. It's about those in different communities passing on happiness to one another endlessly.
Living a full life, late in life
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 07/08/2017
» Thailand is an ageing society, as defined by the United Nations, which means a country's population consists of more than 10% elderly. Based on 2015 data from the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, around 11 million Thais are over 60, which means 16% of the entire population.
Reconstructing a legacy, brick by brick
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 12/01/2017
» One by one, colourful Lego bricks are stacked on top of one another under the meticulous hands of builders. When it was first started, like jigsaw pieces, many had a hard time telling what the work would end up looking like. But as the shades of blue, yellow and more blended, we began to see how the bricks slowly morphed into a portrait of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
Golden oldies
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 21/09/2016
» Inside a hotel kitchen, a wok sizzled as Prapai Ritthiya cooked up a dish of stir-fried crispy pork and vegetables.
Jungle aid
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 19/01/2016
» After a few wrong turns on a dusty dirt road and quick rides across shallow creeks, our songthaew full of volunteers from Jungle Aid -- a private charity that provides a medical clinic and community development assistance to people living in remote areas of Thailand -- came to a stop at Pa La U Noi Village. Situated two hours away from downtown Hua Hin in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, the village is sprawled amid the hills, with bamboo houses, children running in tattered clothes, young mothers and stray animals completing the scene.
Chasing visions
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 10/11/2015
» Wearing a patient name tag around her neck, Daw Myin waited inside Mawlamyine General Hospital in Mon State, Myanmar, to get surgery on her cataracts. Her eyes were slightly cloudy. Her white hair was covered with a green net.
A second chance
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 16/06/2015
» In a white room with high bars acting as a transparent wall, a warden stood watching as a group of men started picking up their brush. The men tentatively dabbed it in watercolour paint. Soon, everyone was making a mess on both the paper and the floor.