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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.
Medical miracle
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 30/03/2021
» Having fought deadly breast cancer for close to a decade, Phloenphit Kowae's life was hanging by a thread. The deadly disease had ravaged her body, starting from the breast and later spreading to her lungs, liver and bones. The reality was that she was terminally-ill and slowly dying.
Weathering the storm
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 23/07/2019
» Annie*, a vibrant 21-year-old interior designing major, fell to her death from her high-rise condominium in the heart of Bangkok on a Saturday morning. It was the day she was expected to join a family excursion upcountry.
She bangs the drums
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 30/01/2019
» Sri Lanka's first female drum ensemble Thuryaa broke onto the event scene in Colombo four years ago. Their hypnotic, often pulsating brand of percussion is marked by the use of traditional drums once reserved for male performers. Their audience remains fixated by the mastery and intricacy of the playing; no small feat when the drums can weigh 15-20kg.
A refuge from the storm
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 07/05/2018
» Aree Arif vividly recalls the stench of death, sickness and decay hanging heavily over a Syrian refugee camp in the city of Idlib. Three years ago, when the civil war between the Syrian government and the rebels started to intensify, the Thai humanitarian went to the camp, where he spent a week handing out relief supplies and living among refugees to understand their plight.