Showing 1 - 10 of 10
When students rise
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 28/10/2025
» Back in the mid-19th century, female education increased literacy and access to jobs and they began to fight for participation in public life. The public sphere promised them a new horizon. From the 1890s onwards, print media began to allow women to express their voice and authors vaunted personal talent and equality, including gender relations. Following the Siamese Revolution in 1932, women were enfranchised for the first time.
Designing age-friendly cities
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 04/10/2025
» 'Over 45% of all districts across the country have already entered a completely aged society. Three districts with the highest ratio of seniors are in Bangkok," said Assoc Prof Niramon Serisakul, director of the Urban Design and Development Centre (UDDC).
Healing with puppets
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 01/04/2025
» A ventriloquist is helping children and adults in Thailand process trauma after devastating events.
Snowy peaks and vibrant culture
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 07/09/2023
» Debris remains the lingering evidence of a massive earthquake in Nepal in 2015. With the epicentre in the northwest of Kathmandu, followed by hundreds of aftershocks, the natural disaster killed around 9,000 people, injured over 100,000 and impacted around 8 million. As Nepal began to recover, the coronavirus pandemic brought the world to a complete standstill and tourism cracked and collapsed like people's homes.
The power of boycotts
Thana Boonlert, Published on 24/07/2023
» Soon after Move Forward Party (MFP) leader Pita Limjaroenrat failed to gather enough support for the premiership, some voters launched retaliatory campaigns with the hashtag #senatorbusiness to boycott business networks of handpicked junta senators who rejected him or abstained. Senators then took legal action against those who they believe harass them and their families. Voters are not only cutting off social relations but also punishing senators for committing crimes against democracy.
Give mental health a chance
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 18/10/2022
» A string of mass shootings by officers in recent years may involve many factors, but they highlight the need for an improvement in mental health services, experts say, following the nursery massacre in Nong Bua Lam Phu's Na Klang district that left 36 people dead, mostly young children, and others injured.
Football manga brightens city park
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 17/11/2021
» Hidden in the heart of Bangkok, a road-side pocket park is an unlikely place to come across three footballers -- Chanathip Songkrasin, Theerathon Bunmathan and Sittichok Paso -- who are now playing for the Japan Professional Football League.
Missed opportunity to challenge insularity of Thainess
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 05/07/2021
» The world-famous conjoined twins -- better known as Siamese twins -- had caught the eyes of the world long after they turned their back on public life.
Cabinet gives nod for draft bill on torture, abduction
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 24/06/2020
» The cabinet on Tuesday approved the Justice Ministry's draft bill to allow the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to intervene in cases of torture and forced disappearance, an official said.
Warning issued over PTSD risks
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 12/02/2020
» Victims of Saturday's mass shooting in Nakhon Ratchasima must talk through their feelings with professionals as well as other survivors to deal with the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) they are likely to suffer, a seminar was told on Tuesday.