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A way of life
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 04/04/2022
» A resident of the Pgakenyaw community in northern Thailand, Nutdanai Trakansuphakon began an initiative to maintain, revive and promote rotational farming as a cultural practice tied to his Karen identity. In the process, he's helping raise awareness of its many benefits.
Lack of discipline bites
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 07/03/2022
» Preventable deaths, both on land and water, continue to rise in the country. In late January, the nation mourned the untimely death of Dr Waraluck Supawatjariyakul, an ophthalmologist with a promising career. Her life was cut short by a speeding motorcycle at a pedestrian crossing.
Prioritise child safety
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 08/11/2021
» Incestuous and paedophilic acts in society today remain a scourge, leading to adolescent pregnancies and long-term sexual abuse of children.
Thailand's other pandemic
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 02/06/2020
» May* stood impassively over the lifeless body of her estranged husband. A pistol clinched tightly in her trembling right hand. The firearm, purchased over the internet by her husband who was a gun enthusiast and member of a shooting range, was the weapon she used on the fateful day she resorted to drastic measures to stop her husband from hurting her. A company manager, May was on the verge of a nasty divorce from her partner, a physically abusive man with a drinking problem.
Remaking a life from prison
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 30/07/2019
» Launching her career as a barista behind bars wasn't exactly how former drug convict Oui*, a vibrant young mother, envisioned her life turning out.
Be the light
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 10/09/2018
» Today is World Suicide Prevention Day -- a day when the human race gets to contemplate whether we are doing enough to help prevent emotionally vulnerable individuals from taking their own lives.
Veteran's day
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 05/02/2018
» Artist Natee Utarit has dazzled art connoisseurs with works questioning the nature of images, in particular photographs, through the medium of painting. His refined technique hinges upon a modern reworking of the European classical style, giving it a ravishing new relevance.
Golden boy
Muse, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 29/07/2017
» London 2012 Paralympic gold medallist Rungroj Thainiyom has never allowed being born with muscular dystrophy, a condition marked by progressive weakness and degeneration of the skeletal muscles, to stand in his way of reaching his life's goals.
From the streets to the classroom
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 18/07/2016
» Running away from home before completing their primary education, Patcharin, Ice and Ralph* have lived most of their young lives on the streets. Like many others, they made Hua Lamphong train station their home.
And the Prince Mahidol Award Laureate goes to...
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 09/02/2016
» For cardiologist, inventor and researcher Prof Morton Mower, being picked as the 2015 Prince Mahidol Award Laureate in the field of medicine has been a momentous moment for the American who invented the Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy (CRT) device and co-invented the Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (AICD), a small device that is placed in the chest to help treat irregular heartbeats.