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The fight for clean air
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 18/08/2025
» After a public hearing wrapped up recently, the Clean Air Bill is heading to a second reading in parliament next month. If passed into law, it will guarantee people's access to clean air.
Chasing a better life
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 11/08/2025
» Over two decades ago, Mai and his family took a train from Surin to Bangkok. Like other young people, they searched for better opportunities in the big city. Initially, they helped with chores in an exchange for shelter at a shrine. Soon, he found other jobs and a place to sleep. Since then, he has delivered charcoal to shops and collected trash. He toils long, back-breaking hours for 150 baht per day.
Complicated history and a comeback
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 02/06/2022
» On the partition of a quiet seaside wood house is more than an old photo from circa 1881. It is hard evidence that King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) and his entourage, including his half-brother Prince Damrong Rajanuphap, visited the island in the easternmost province of Trat before it was subject to French rule. Despite the withdrawal of troops, colonial legacies remained for years.
Migrants seek better times close to home
Oped, Thana Boonlert, Published on 07/01/2022
» Carrying a large rucksack, I bought a ticket and walked into a crowded bus terminal in Ekamai where thousands of passengers, wearing face masks, were counting down the clock to return home for the long holidays. The vast station was packed as New Year drew closer. When I got on the bus, a familiar luk thung song was being played, evoking memories.
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.
Patriotism's problem
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 01/11/2021
» 'When will you come home?" a mother asks her on the phone. A teenage daughter, now a university student, is busy completing her assignment. She is about to go on a field trip to historic places ranging from temples to museums to collect information for her report.
Shot in the dark
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 19/01/2021
» It took less than a year to come up with what would normally take a decade to achieve, but the endeavour to formulate a coronavirus vaccine was made possible because of the publication of the entire genetic code of the coronavirus, which first emerged in the city of Wuhan.
MFA launches passport kiosk
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 31/12/2020
» The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will roll out the first automatic kiosk for passport renewal to reduce the risk of coronavirus being transmitted through human contact by the end of next month.
Bilateral talks over illegal migrants
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 22/12/2020
» The government is reviewing its guidelines over migrant workers in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak at a seafood market in Samut Sakhon.
Asean urged to protect the Maniq people
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 13/11/2020
» The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) should negotiate an agreement for the protection of the rights of ethnic minorities, including the Maniq (Sakai), some of whom settled in the South of Thailand during the coronavirus outbreak, a forum was told.