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When progress regresses
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 09/05/2022
» The sexual harassment and rape allegations made by some 20 women against former Democrat Party deputy leader Prinn Panitchpakdi has once again raised the murky subject of rape culture in Thailand.
Helping young people help themselves
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 02/05/2022
» As a youth leader for pre-teens and young adults from dysfunctional lower-middle-class families, *Phorn often goes to great lengths to bring a sense of normalcy into the young lives under her care to help them reach their potential in life.
Enforcing the law on Law-Enforcement
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 15/01/2020
» Public-opinion polls on police reform have always favoured change, under the junta's rule or otherwise.
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.
A dangerous education
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 17/06/2013
» Straight-talking Nathani Uthairat doesn't bat an eyelid when he says his rowdy past is behind him. During a break between classes, the third-year student at Samut Prakan Polytechnic College, who once had a chequered history with student gangs, spoke candidly about his resolve to complete his final year with distinction, and launch his career as a promising mechanic at a factory in Samut Prakan.