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Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 10/01/2022
» The recent fallout of Thai rocker Sek Loso's wife Wiphakorn Sookpimay and son Settakorn has turned into a mud-slinging contest on national news and social media.
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 01/12/2021
» Thailand has come a long way since Dec 1, 1988, was dedicated as Aids awareness day. Last year, there were close to 500,000 HIV cases in the country, while UNAids reported approximately 37.6 million HIV cases globally.
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 13/09/2021
» I salute the brave whistleblower who recently brought to light the rampant police abuse of a suspect. This time, it was at the hands of Colonel Thitisant "Jo Ferrari" Utthanaphon, a former police chief of Nakhon Sawan police station who was caught on video torturing 24-year-old drug suspect Jirapong Tanapat to death. He placed six plastic bags over his head.
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 02/06/2021
» When working from home and self-isolation is not an option, Oh* said the rise in Covid-19 infection numbers among her fellow police officers made her anxious and uneasy in the company of not just outsiders but also her colleagues.
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.
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 10/05/2021
» News of the Klong Toey cluster of Covid-19 cases has unearthed a can of worms, especially about inequality in Thailand.
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 28/12/2020
» As the end of 2020 nears, one can confidently say that Covid-19 has probably had the biggest impact on exacerbating social issues in the country.
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 11/12/2020
» Netflix documentary series Maradona In Mexico takes audiences back to a time when the Argentine football hero, now deceased, had a high-profile coaching stint with Mexican second division team Dorados De Sinaloa about two years ago.
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 19/10/2020
» Two years ago, anti-death penalty advocates were surprised by Thailand's first execution in nine years when 26-year-old Teerasak Longji was executed at Bangkok's Bang Kwang Central Prison by lethal injection for aggravated murder.
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 14/07/2020
» When footage of George Floyd's arrest first surfaced on the internet, many around the world, including Pol Lt Col Krisanaphong Poothakool and Pol Lt Col Peabprom Mekhiyanont, watched in horror as Derek Chauvin, a 19-year police veteran, attempted to arrest the man on suspicion of using counterfeit notes by pinning him to the ground and kneeling on the back of his neck despite Floyd's pleas that he could not breathe.