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Culture, not commodity
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 02/12/2014
» On Oct 3, the Royal Thai government received a shipping container from the US government, through the US Attorney's Office for the Central District of California. Inside were eight crates, containing 554 archaeological artefacts.
A global approach
Muse, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 10/05/2014
» Bold yet unassuming Supathra Kuratana comes across as a people person. The managing director’s knack for putting those around her at ease has enabled her subordinates at T-Holding, a subsidiary company of Thai Union Group which distributes and markets brands such as Sealect, Fisho and Bellotta, to expect a caring yet strict leader.
Stone-age relic
Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 06/01/2014
» No one knows the exact origin of the quern stone, or mo hin. Yet some who are older than 50 might be able to find a quern stone in their kitchens where housewives or housemaids used this rock-based utensil to grind rice seeds into flour for cooking Thai food, especially desserts.
Recording unheard voices
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 16/07/2013
» Farina So believes in the power of oral history. Collecting and studying historical information through interviews with Muslim and non-Muslim communities in the three restive southern provinces of Thailand, for instance, can help officials in charge of reconciliation better understand the issues residents are facing. And So ought to know, because the 33-year-old heads the Cham Oral History Project at the Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam).