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Fostering creativity
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 06/07/2025
» The Bangkok Art and Culture Centre exhibition "Creative City: Building A Better Future" displays artwork by 15 children, aged nine to 12, who drew imaginary houses on 3D cardboard models. The pictures of their houses were colourful with images of trees, nature and people engaged in fun activities.
Charity and collectables
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 17/06/2024
» As a regular blood donor, Siriporn Plangchatuk, country general manager of Pop Mart Thailand, learned from the National Blood Center, Thai Red Cross Society that during the Covid-19 pandemic, the number of blood donors dropped from 24% to just 11%. This shortage forced many patients to postpone surgeries and/or medical treatments, which affected their life.
Memories remain
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 02/08/2023
» Growing up in Surin, the border region between Thailand and Cambodia, Marisa Srijunpleang developed a keen interest in the histories of both countries. However, she noticed that some historical stories were missing from written records. After talking to family members, she was surprised to discover they were survivors of the 1975 Khmer Rouge genocide, and how they had been directly and indirectly affected by the war.
Designing a better future
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 24/03/2022
» Due to the rapid pace of Bangkok's urbanisation other neighbouring provinces, including Pathum Thani, have also grown. Two urban design projects focusing on Thanyaburi district in Pathum Thani are included in the exhibition "Transforming Thanyaburi: Creative & Innovative Urban Futures In Pathum Thani" on view at 6060 Arts Space. "Transforming Thanyaburi" was created by Thammasat University students from the Urban Design & Development International Programme (UDDI) at the Faculty of Architecture and Planning.
Helping students help themselves
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 15/03/2021
» Young people are often asked about what career they want to pursue. Recently, in a guidance class, a teacher asked junior high school students to fill out a form, so that the information could be used to help students discover themselves. One student wrote that he wanted to study at the Faculty of Linguistics and to be an American soldier, however, the teacher marked in red that the student should change his dream to a realistic career. The teacher also wrote that "there is no Faculty of Linguistics", and when this form was posted by a friend of the student on social media, netizens commented that the teacher's lack of general knowledge and his/her comment had crushed the student's dream.
To use is to reuse
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 13/01/2020
» Funny photos taken at supermarkets and convenience stores across Thailand were circulated on New Year's Day, showing customers carrying unusual containers like a construction cart, a cement bag, a plastic bucket and even a stainless-steel cooking pot to use as substitutes for plastic bags.
By the people, For the people
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 01/11/2019
» A former member of the Democrat Party's New Dem faction, Parit "Itim" Wacharasindhu impressed people when he made a different decision from most politicians. The 27-year-old political novice decided to keep his vow to his voters by quitting the Democrats after the party chose to form a coalition government with the Palang Pracharath Party.
Taking on an ocean of waste
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 29/07/2019
» Debris, plastic bags, plastic bottles, straws. These are things that should never end up in the stomach of a sea creature. Yet this is a depressingly common occurrence, as veterinarian Weerapong Laovechprasit has discovered in his work at the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources. The autopsies he has conducted have turned up rope, Styrofoam, coins and worse. The huge quantities of waste in the oceans is proving fatal to creatures both great and small: sea turtles, dolphins, even whales.