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Restaurateurs adapt to new normal
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 20/05/2020
» For Somsak Rattanawanwimon, the owner of Kuai Tiao Pak Mor Yon Yook, a vintage-style steamed rice dumpling noodle restaurant in Bang Yai market, running a food business during the pandemic has been challenging. Once filled with diners and people queuing outside on a busy day, at one low-point during the pandemic, his shop had no customers at all.
Plastic panic
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 11/05/2020
» Sightings of dolphins in canals, sea turtles laying eggs on the beach, and a clear sky as a result of reduced pollution may seem like silver linings amid all the devastation brought on by Covid-19. While humans may suffer, it looks as though nature and the environment are getting a much needed break to recover from all the human activities that have disrupted them in the past -- a positive impact from the lockdown, as it appears on the surface to be.
Measure for measure
Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 11/12/2018
» Sustainability is everybody's problem. And while we encourage companies to adjust their corporate practices to suit circular economy practices, it's equally important to look at ourselves and ponder how our daily actions and choices are affecting the environment.
Double jeopardy
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 24/09/2018
» Of the 370,000 held in the Thai prison system, 4,500 of them are transgender people.