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Seeking status
Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 18/04/2017
» Thailand has long seen a great influx of foreign migrants and workers from its surrounding neighbours, such as Myanmar or Laos. It is also home to many smaller ethnic minority groups such as the Karen, Hmong or Lahu. However, Thailand has never had the best track record when it comes to dealing with these foreign or ethnic minorities, especially when it comes to documentation. This poses a problem to these minorities, many of whom have lived in Thailand for decades, as they don't have the legal documents and identification often required in various situations, from medical or school applications to basic protection of law.
What's trending and happening this week
Muse, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 15/04/2017
» 1. On Friday the 21st, at 7pm, the Foreign Correspondents Club will be playing host to award-winning Spanish photojournalist Omar Havana, who will be speaking of his experiences working on Endurance, a photo book chronicling the lives of people in Nepal following the devastating earthquake that left the country in ruins in 2015. The book will be on sale at the event.
Here comes the judge
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 07/04/2017
» Ours isn't a very bad world, nor is it a very good one. We are born selfish, which isn't wrong in itself. What's mine is mine, what's yours is yours is only fair. However, what's mine is mine, what's yours is mine isn't. How do we protect ourselves when he proceeds to take what is ours?
Trippin' on Travelling
Guru, Mika Apichatsakol, Published on 31/03/2017
» Songkran break is coming around and you know what that means. Besides fatally high temperatures and a three-day water war, for a growing number of Bangkokians, any impending long holiday triggers a visit to the likes of Skyscanner and Expedia for their next overseas adventures. If you're a Bangkokian who lives to travel and you're constantly max-ing out your annual leave to breathe foreign (and hopefully less polluted) air, see if you can relate to the 10 traits we've identified.
Putting financial catastrophe on display
Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 15/03/2017
» Can you imagine, Thailand's economy was once recognised by World Bank as the fastest-growing in the world? As tough as it is for younger generations to comprehend, those older than 35 remember a better, more hopeful time for Thailand, tipped to become the Fifth Tiger of Asia, poised to join Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan as Asia's leading economies. Our national economy grew 8-13% annually for a decade between 1985 to 1996, and the income of the average Thai citizen was three times that of someone in China.
Hidden figures
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 03/03/2017
» With each passing year, countless home and luxury condominiums are erected by the hands of those who will never actually step foot in them. Living in community camps, the builders -- mostly migrant workers from Cambodia -- live in a parallel world -- inside flimsy impromptu tin houses, risking the health and safety of themselves and their families for the hope of a brighter future.
That precious gold statuette
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 24/02/2017
» The Oscars takes place Monday morning Thailand time. We pontificate and prognosticate the results
Following in her father's footsteps
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 24/01/2017
» Born in Thailand to an immigrant Chinese father, Yupin Dhanabadeesakul remembers the time when her family lived hand to mouth. While she's made it through the tough times and her family now owns a ceramic factory in Lampang that produces the iconic, widely used and much plagiarised rooster-pattern bowls, or cham kai, Yupin is haunted by two fears.
Colourful journey into Thailand's soul
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 20/01/2017
» The train clangs ahead, moving people and dreams, as it has done since 1893. In Railway Sleepers, a minutely observed film shot entirely on-board a Thai train, we see kids on school trips, young men travelling north and south, hawkers selling food and horoscope books, families and lovers, vacationers who turn the sleeping car into a party venue. They're passengers, and they're also humans. They are, as director Sompot Chidgasornpongse says, a collection of faces that make up a portrait of Thailand.
Just getting going
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 14/12/2016
» There were only three start-ups in Thailand four years ago. Today the country has over 100, with the total value of investment in 2016 around 7 billion baht -- a figure likely to only increase.