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Living and dying beautifully
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 27/10/2015
» If it wasn't for Dr Mano Laohavanich's healing meditation expertise, Sombat Hataipiemsuk, a colon cancer survivor, would have fallen into a pit of depression after doctors told him that he had to live with a colostomy bag for the rest of his life.
Thai society's overdue attention to mental disorders
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 29/09/2015
» Convict Kanpitak "Moo Ham" Patchimsawat's case has once again put the spotlight on the need for Thais to address mental disorder by seeking professional help before it gets out of control.
Providing a lifeline
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 10/08/2015
» MR Supinda Chakraband, founder of Childline Thailand Foundation and the Hub Saidek Youth Club, has become a lifeline for children in distress.
After the quake
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 05/05/2015
» ‘It was like being in the middle of a war zone, an eerie sensation of imminent death where all you can depend on is your human instinct to survive,” Suparat Phranoret, a co-ordinator for the Thai Volunteer Service Foundation, said when describing her experience of being in the middle of one of Nepal’s most deadly earthquakes that brought the country to its knees on April 25.
Escaping the chains of oppression
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 16/02/2015
» Continuing our series on ordinary people often overlooked by society, Life spent the day with an inspirational Rohingya man who has battled to establish a life for his family in Thailand
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.
‘Miracle’ violinist savours musical renaissance
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 27/11/2014
» Since surviving a near-fatal car accident earlier this year, Russian-Belgian violinist Tatiana Samouil describes herself as a walking miracle.
Overcoming the depths of depression
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 18/11/2014
» Not in her wildest dreams did Saitong Sittieansak, a volunteer mental health social worker in Nonthaburi’s Khlong Phra Udom Pak Kret community, see herself suffering the same emotional traumas as the very people she has helped through the years.
Facing the music
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 21/10/2014
» In the 1960s, Filipino musicians ruled the nightlife music scene in Bangkok. Popping into a bar or hotel lobby to watch them perform was once a mark of sophistication, at a time when the ability to sing in English was special and rare.
It starts at home
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 09/09/2014
» Fai's blank stare and impassive voice mask years of sexual and verbal abuse at the hands of men who were supposed to protect and guide her.