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Hong Kong students pledge loyalty to Thai protesters
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 25/10/2020
» Hong Kong students have pledged support for the pro-democracy movement in Thailand after the recent wave of anti-government protests has rocked the capital for over a week.
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KMUTT students launch medical 'shields for heroes' project
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 12/04/2020
» Students at King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) are making face shields from home to help hospitals nationwide combat the coronavirus outbreak as demand for medical supplies continues unabated.
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In search of broader horizons
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 31/08/2020
» A large number of Thai students are now getting into top universities abroad, including the prestigious Ivy League, to seize opportunities from an international environment.
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Parents rush to fly kids home from stricken US
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 31/03/2020
» Parents are rushing to bring Thai students back home from the United States after the country overtook China and Italy to record the highest number of infections worldwide with more than 142,000.
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School 'failed to get nod' for foreign pupils
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 25/07/2019
» The Office of the Private Education Commission (Opec) has confirmed that International Hotel and Airline Business School (I-HABS) failed to seek permission from the Ministry of Education to enrol foreign students on an eight-month hotel management course in Bangkok following reports that Nepali students ended up working and living in subpar conditions.
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Memes of dissent
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 14/08/2023
» It is not as whimsical as it seems. After the onset of the largest pro-democracy movement since the military coup in 2014, university and high school students cuddled hamster dolls and ran around in circles. "Delicious tax!", hundreds of them sang, from a cartoon jingle at Democracy Monument in late July 2020. Crowdsourced from a social media platform, Hamtaro, a shorthand for caged mice demanding freedom, spawned many internet memes, including a greedy caricature of junta leader Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha.
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Student filmmakers focus on Thai society for 'Voices Of The New Gen'
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 11/05/2023
» After screenings in August last year, "Voices Of The New Gen", four short films by university students, are once again revisiting the gamut of social and political issues of 2022 on Netflix.
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When art gets stifled
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 21/11/2022
» 'Art is short, a case is long," read a banner. Students apparently hijacked the well-known motto "art is long, life is short" by Prof Silpa Bhirasri, the father of Thai modern art, in protest of Chiang Mai University's legal action against its own lecturers and a student who "trespassed" on the art centre to exhibit works, some of which might challenge those in power, last year. It is a case in point for stifling democracy in Thai art.
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Thai, Japanese animation rooted in nationalism
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 20/05/2022
» Despite similarities in attachment to religious faith and openness to foreign influence, Thai and Japanese animation for teens feature contrasting protagonists and therefore reflect different kinds of nationalism, students of children's literature found.
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Private Education Commission orders inquiry into school 'scam'
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 23/07/2019
» The Office of the Private Education Commission (Opec) has launched an inquiry following a report that 10 students from Nepal, who applied to take a hotel management course in Bangkok ended up working in the country and living in sub-par conditions.
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