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Double trouble
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 30/11/2020
» In the dry winter months, it is not just the fear of Covid-19 but also the menacing presence of particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) -- hazardous fine-dust particles that measure 2.5 micrometres or less in diameter and affect the human respiratory system -- that the public has to contend with.
Spotting a silent killer
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 15/09/2020
» When US actor Chadwick Boseman, best known for his portrayal of T'Challa in Marvel's Black Panther, died late last month due to colon cancer, his untimely demise sparked global discourse about the disease, its causes and treatments, and the changing landscape of who is being affected.
Grim realities
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 12/09/2017
» Hajee Ismail has hardly slept since receiving news late last month from his family in Buthidaung township that the Myanmar military had begun a brutal crackdown of Rohingya villages in Rakhine state. Ismail's community where he once played as a young boy had been burnt down.
True essence of Islam
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 20/01/2015
» On a recent afternoon it was business as usual at Haroon Mosque, a 150-year-old Muslim enclave neighboured by a Buddhist temple, Catholic church and the gleaming new French embassy. Residents went about their daily chores before the call for afternoon prayers sounded from the mosque. Savouring the centuries-old community's laid-back feeling were a couple of European tourists who wandered around with their cameras.
The pitch ahead
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 24/06/2014
» Thailand women’s football coach Nuengruethai Sathongwieng has been in seventh heaven ever since her girls made football history last month by qualifying for the 2015 Fifa Women’s World Cup, which will be held in Canada.
A better tomorrow
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 17/06/2013
» Janvit Krongton is no novice at addressing student violence in vocational colleges. He has spent half his life training and counselling students in various vocational pursuits in Thailand. In the last decade, the veteran educator has been at the helm of a handful of problematic technical colleges which have earned a reputation for student violence.