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Calls for booze-free Songkran
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 14/04/2017
» Songkran is a beautiful festival that requires safer and more acceptable forms of celebration, according to Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth) chief executive officer Supreda Adulyanon.
Beyond camels
Life, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 09/02/2017
» We have heard that women are strongly cautioned not to travel alone in India. We've heard ominous warnings and deep-seated prejudices, and of course, not all of them have grounds. I spent three years as a student in Mysore, Karnataka in southern India, and many people often questioned if I was afraid being there by myself -- they even used the word "rape", a broad generalisation of a country based on a few headlines.
Still Songkran-crazy
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 16/04/2016
» There was no let-up in the action on the last day of Songkran on Friday, and across the country water was still being thrown about with abandon as Thais and visitors tried to forget the worries of drought days ahead.
Kobkarn denies water throwing ban
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 09/03/2016
» The Tourism and Sports Minister has dismissed reports the government will ban people from throwing water during the Songkran festival.