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Rising Leaders
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 13/01/2025
» In a meeting room at Wat Khao Mai Kaew School in Chon Buri one morning in late December, five young observers sat attentively, taking note of the discussions and dynamics before them. They were watching Mechai Viravaidya, a celebrated social innovator and education advocate, as he led a talk with the school's management about their current activities and future plans.
Bridging dreams
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 06/08/2024
» In Udon Thani city's bustling streets, Onpriya Sesachon's world expanded when she first encountered dishes like cashew chicken, khai raberd and tamarind cheesecake during an internship at T-Time Café & Restaurant.
Stop the fancy words in battle against Covid
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 30/04/2021
» The small drop in the number of new Covid-19 new cases to under 2,000 yesterday may look like a good sign.
Capital needs a new approach to tree surgery
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 17/02/2021
» Pictures of numerous chopped down tree trunks scattered near the walls of Wat Po in the Rattanakosin old town area were shared on social media and immediately triggered public outrage.
Bus commuters won't gain from BMTA rehab
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 24/06/2020
» The Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) is getting serious about rehabilitation, proposing a slew of plans in a scheme akin to that adopted for Thai Airways (THAI) to help the loss-ridden agency turn itself around.
Stop the booze witch hunt, ban the cigs instead
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 06/05/2020
» When the government lifted the ban on alcohol sales this past Sunday, netizens shared a clip showing people scrambling hectically at a hypermarket to buy alcoholic drinks. Most people condemned the act. They seemed to link the buyers with the underprivileged people who have struggled to get 5,000 baht in relief money.
Tourist dollars shouldn't trump right to clean air
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 30/01/2020
» Bangkok has made the list of the world's 100 best cities -- again.
'Period poverty' is the hard truth, not fake news
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 20/12/2019
» It's rare if not unprecedented for tampons and sanitary pads to become a topic widely discussed by men -- let alone men in power.
Thai society's gender clichés need overhaul
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 27/09/2019
» At a glance, the sight of a poster featuring Social Development and Human Security (SDHS) Minister Juti Krairiksh beaming, surrounded by a crowd of women, should make us women feel good. The poster should tell us that a top male policymaker cares about the opposite sex.
If there was ever a need for S44, haze crisis is it
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 19/01/2019
» A month after being exposed to the haze crisis, we still haven't seen any breakthroughs except for a few piecemeal measures in the capital that have failed to tackle the problem properly. This is because the powers that be underestimated the crisis.