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Keeping cops in check
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 08/06/2020
» Type police brutality in Google and most likely you will find trending news headlines such as: "Why George Floyd Won't Be Last American Killed By Police''.
Long way home
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 20/06/2017
» Twelve year old Ali*, a Syrian refugee of Palestinian descent, has resided with his family of eight in Thailand for five years. The preteen speaks Thai fluently and to his Thai football mates, he is very much Thai despite his Middle Eastern looks.
Living in limbo
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 21/03/2017
» It is hard not to get noticed in a sea of Thai faces when you are Middle Eastern. Being a refugee in Thailand, which is very "grey" on such status, will only add to the predicament.
Bestriding the diplomatic stage
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 11/01/2016
» Before embarking on his diplomatic career, Shiro Sadoshima enjoyed many artistic endeavours. He was a budding stage actor active in his university, and his talent with paint and brush can still be witnessed in the paintings in his residence in Bangkok. The Japanese ambassador to Thailand is as comfortable at the negotiating table as he is in front of the canvass, and he can be as animated talking about bilateral relations as he is about his favourite colours.
Ride of their lives
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 28/02/2013
» Heike and Filippo Fania's lifelong desire to travel the world on motorcycles brought them together as a couple. They hooked up at the most obvious hotspot for bike enthusiasts _ a motorcycle travellers' forum in Germany.
Looking beyond me, myself and I
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 01/08/2012
» Residing in the Big Mango can sometimes make me preoccupied with myself. From billboards to the rerun of advertisements on the BTS, there is no getting away from the various forms of social media coaxing me to think about just myself, and putting everything and everyone else on the back burner.