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National Gallery Singapore showcases works by Asian women reshaping art
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 12/01/2026
» National Gallery Singapore presents an exhibition of five women reshaping art in Southeast Asia.
The many tastes of rice
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 10/04/2023
» For several decades, cracked ground in Isan or the Northeast of the country captured the public's imagination. In the 1970s, readers submitted their poems to Satri Sarn, the country's first women's magazine, recounting tales of drought, crop failure and hardship. Some were forced to eat leaves and grasshoppers, not rice, while others who fled their villages in search of jobs in Bangkok were duped or exploited by agents.
A shot for good health
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 20/09/2022
» Coronavirus vaccines can reduce disease severity and fatality, but the emergence of new strains has raised questions about their effectiveness and future vaccination strategy. Some vaccine makers are rolling out variant-specific boosters to head off the Omicron surge, while others are developing pan-coronavirus vaccines that will hopefully offer protection against all variants.
Biotech breakthrough in virus vaccines
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 12/04/2022
» The National Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (Biotec) recently announced the success of developing a pseudotyped virus for a Covid-19 vaccine and drug trials.
On the road back to normalcy
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 22/03/2022
» Anchalee Woratai, 79, lives alone in a small room. Her daughter and niece died years ago, but their photos still hang on the wall. Piles of clothes, bottles and food containers are neatly squeezed into a confined space. Anchalee was able to make her own way until she caught the coronavirus.
Hom is where the heart is
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 10/01/2022
» In Nakhon Phanom, rice fields in yellow-gold are gone with the wind. Late in the year, farmers expect to reap the fruits of their labours only to be broken by substantial loss. Harsh winds damage some rice crops, resulting in everything from bills to unpaid tuition fees. Year in, year out, nothing changes.
Always spread your bets around
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 03/05/2021
» The World Health Organisation had hailed Thailand's handling of the novel coronavirus at its peak early last year, noting that cooperation and health measures are the keys to success. However, the third wave of the viral pandemic has thrown us into chaos. It has raised the number of infections to over 65,000 and deaths to more than 200, stretching the country's public health system to its limit. What can we learn from this?
Chemical checks key: expert
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 23/05/2019
» While Thailand's obsession with the benefits of marijuana for medical purposes has grown following an amendment to the Narcotics Act, an expert in medical toxicology at Mahidol University is warning the government to first categorise and regulate the minimum chemical composition of each strain before it goes any further.
Activist urges govt to protect prime 'red-yolk' plots
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 20/05/2019
» A local activist is asking the government to set aside prime agricultural plots known as "red-yolk" plots to reduce the environmental impact of the regime's flagship Eastern Economic Corridor Project (EEC).
Forum urges new govt to 'smash' economic inequality
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 18/05/2019
» The incoming government should break up monopolies to reduce the economic divide in the kingdom, one of the worst-ranked countries in the world in terms of inequality, a leading scholar said at a forum in Bangkok.