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Bangkok Pride Festival begins this Friday
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 28/05/2024
» Running under the theme "Celebration Of Love", Bangkok Pride Festival runs from Friday until June 4. The event is jointly organised by Narumit Pride and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration.
Celebrating the Lunar New Year through pictures
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 10/02/2021
» Chinese New Year celebrations in Thailand will be different this year. With a new surge in Covid-19 cases coupled with the year-long pandemic, many festive events have been cancelled to curb the spread of the virus. Therefore, it is no surprise that the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration decided to cancel the Lunar New Year celebration in Chinatown this year.
The consequences of sugar
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 25/08/2020
» About 50% of Thai schoolchildren suffer from dental health issues, with the worst facing five-year-olds where 70% of their milk teeth are found to be decayed, according to figures from the Sweet Enough Network under the Bureau of Dental Health, the Department of Health.
A major milestone
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 27/11/2018
» There are approximately 440,000 Thai adults and children living with the human immunodeficiency virus or HIV, according to statistics from UNAids, equivalent to 0.6% of the entire population. Fortunately, over 70% of all HIV-infected cases have received antiretroviral drugs, which means a lot to their quality of life.
Philanthropy at its finest
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 09/01/2018
» When Thailand was wrecked by months of heavy flooding in 2011, over 13 million people were affected. More than 2,300 households were completely destroyed, almost 100,000 homes partly damaged. The deluge killed around 650 people.
Dental decay
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 16/05/2017
» Despite the authority's ongoing effort to crackdown roadside dental services, Thakorn* has survived the raids and has been making dentures in the Tha Maharaj area for more than three decades.