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The path to world champion
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 18/05/2021
» Despite being relatively new to jiu-jitsu, a martial art and combat sport adhering to ground fights and submission holds, Pechrada "Kacie" Tan's recent back-to-back victories at the 2021 Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship and Abu Dhabi Grand Slam were no fluke.
Helping the helpless
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 17/05/2021
» Having run away from home at the age of nine, scrawny and pint-sized Bank*, now 16, is one of many faceless street children who have hit rock bottom since the first wave of Covid-19 began last year.
A tale of gifted superhumans
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 19/04/2021
» Well acquainted with Thailand from his teenage years, Scottish author Andrew C. Youngson set the main plot of his inaugural sci-fi novel The Memory Project in Bangkok, a city he calls home-away-from-home.
Scaling great heights
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 25/09/2020
» What the multi-faceted adventurer photographer Cory Richards craves is not for the faint-hearted.
The beautiful Alps, with a dose of slapstick
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 10/05/2019
» A good comedy is a sure-fire way to uplift a person's spirits.
War from a woman's perspective
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 29/01/2018
» Simple, direct, articulate, Christina Lamb spoke with lucidity about war, conflict and hope. In Bangkok last week as guest of BangkokEdge Festival, where she gave a talk about her books, including I Am Malala, the respected British journalist shared her first-hand view about trouble in the world and also women's place in war.
Living like a refugee
Muse, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 02/04/2016
» For as long as she can recall, Hathaimat Purnananda has had a heart for the downcast, the most vulnerable among them, perhaps, being refugees.
Broadcasting the environmental mantra
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 25/03/2015
» Popular television host, author and biologist Jeff Corwin has traversed the globe to bring stories about endangered species and ecosystems. For nearly 20 years, the American has produced and hosted numerous popular television series on Disney Channel, Discovery Channel, among others.
Leaving only footprints
Muse, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 16/11/2013
» Where there is a will there is a way. Nobody knows this better than French globetrotters Thierry Montaner and Killian Blais, who for the past five years have been traversing the world on foot, taking alternative modes of transport only when absolutely necessary.
Seizing each day
Muse, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 26/10/2013
» There is never a dull moment in Dalad Harivarawongse's hectic life. The 48-year-old marketing director at Armstrong Industrial Thailand seems to juggle her responsibilities as business executive and working mother to near perfection, and still has the energy to indulge in her hobbies which include a broad spectrum of interests - photography, sports, travel and animal conservation, with an emphasis on elephants.