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Community ke y to controlling 'C'
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 28/07/2022
» Viral hepatitis -- a liver inflammation caused by a viral infection -- is a global challenge. It is estimated by the World Health Organisation (WHO) that over 1 million deaths are caused by chronic hepatitis B and C infections per year.
The horse hospital
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 30/10/2019
» Holding a piece of carrot in her hand, Karuna Neraphong offered it to the white horse in front of her. With a gentle movement, she drew her hand away and the horse, eager for some snacks, craned its neck and body to follow. Karuna repeated this action in different directions, making sure the horse stretched well. This is one of her methods of physiotherapy for horses.
A stroke of genius
B Magazine, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 11/08/2019
» Playing a real-life professional athlete onscreen is a challenging task. But it is one that actress Krissiri Sukhsvasti has embraced. In a new sports biopic hitting Thai cinemas next week, Krissiri portrays golfer Ariya "May" Jutanugarn, the celebrated Thai sports star who reached No.1 in the Women's World Golf Rankings in 2017. The film, Ariya Jutanugarn or Pro May, Atchariya Tong Sarng (Pro May, Genius Must Be Built) in Thai, follows the life of Ariya from her childhood to the pinnacle of world golf.
The sacred and the mundane
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 17/07/2019
» When people want to learn of certain cultures, they mostly look to something big like opera, literature, arts and even cultural heritage specific to that country.
Telling society's stories
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 10/04/2019
» One thing TV executive producer Nitipat Uahwatanasakul aims to accomplish in his work is to change our society for the better.
Narcos heads a stellar list of new Netflix shows and films
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 20/11/2018
» It's 1980s. It's Mexico. And drug war is all the rage in Netflix's Narcos: Mexico, which continues the legacy of the Narcos saga with a new cast, story and country.
Targeting pre-seniors
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 09/04/2018
» Old age is inevitable. But are enough people preparing themselves -- or even aware that they should prepare -- to make sure they can live comfortably and healthy when they enter their senior years?
Time traveller
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 04/04/2018
» Period dramas, the sources of romanticisation of the bygone, continue to transfix viewers everywhere. From the South Korean culinary tale Dae Jang Guem, to the dramatisation of UK royalty in The Crown, or the court of Louis XIV in Versailles, or even Thailand's own See Pandin (Four Reigns), these fusions of history and fantasy offer an outlook to the past -- glorified or critical -- while also sparking interest and debate over the portrayals of historical accounts.
Dan Brown with a Thai voice
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 05/03/2018
» The Thai award-winning detective novel Kaholmahoratuek is that rare breed: a page-turner set in the 1940s that mixes poetry, history, murder and revenge. The book's appeal also lies with the writer's use of genre elements -- serial murders, cryptic clues and detective work -- in the vintage setting of old Bangkok where century-old temples, back alleys and local communities become grisly crime scenes.
RuPaul's Drag Race gets a Thai spin-off
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 29/01/2018
» And other happenings of note