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Senate race heats up as interest runs high
News, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 20/05/2024
» More than 31,000 people have asked for applications to apply for senators after the five-year term of 250 senators installed by the now-defunct National Council for Peace and Order ended on May 10.
Unesco to get Si Thep report
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 28/01/2021
» The government will present a nomination file for Si Thep Historical Park to the World Heritage Centre within next month.
Tradition wins out
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 11/01/2021
» It is an annual practice for Prayadpon Kaewnornin, 67, and her sister Maliwan Sarapat, 59 -- farmers in Sakon Nakhon -- that after the harvest season in November, the two will carefully select the best of their rice for a national rice contest.
One with nature
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 09/07/2020
» Pickup trucks lined up in rows in a car park at the Huai Luek checkpoint. In a nearby gazebo, a group of drivers waited for customers who wanted to hire them for a safari tour inside Kui Buri National Park in Prachuap Khiri Khan.
Mapping ancient history
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 17/06/2020
» The Fine Arts Department has worked with a research team from the Historic Site Restoration for the Foundation of Sustainable Conservation project to conduct a structural analysis of two historical parks to be nominated as Unesco World Heritage sites.
Step into the mud
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 28/05/2020
» The late morning Sun was almost unbearable. It was about 10.30am when I arrived at a water chestnut farm in Wang Yang District in Suphan Buri. It was my first one-day trip after the lockdown measures were eased last week.
Snow business in Korea
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 23/01/2020
» Darkness swiftly enveloped the orange sky after dusk. Yellow lights came on up and down the mountainside, illuminating the ski slopes. The temperature, which had been 2C in the afternoon, dropped to a bone-chilling -8C at night. The freezing weather discouraged me from leaving my warm room, but there were plenty of hardy souls out enjoying some late-night skiing.
A stone's throw
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 09/01/2020
» A child holds her father's hand tightly while boarding a pedal boat. Before her is the large lake that runs along Khao Ngu limestone hills. Located in Muang district in Ratchaburi, the site was once a rock mining area. It has since been turned into a public park, now known as Khao Ngu Stone Park.
Catholic cousins
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 20/11/2019
» Sitting in a chapel of the Salesian Sisters Foundation at 124 Sala Daeng in Bangkok, Sister Ana Rosa Sivori, 77, looks calm and kind. The Catholic nun always has a smile on her face -- a habit she may have obtained while living in Thailand for 54 years.
From where we stood
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 19/09/2019
» Standing on the ground, I looked up to the cliff above Phet Pho Thong Cave in Sa Kaeo's Klong Hat district. My trainer and guide, Kosol Thianthong told me that he chose the easiest route for my group to try abseiling. The height is about 10m. It didn't look that high from where we stood.