• THAILAND

  Brotherly ties endure

  News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 05/10/2020

  » The Chinese had touched down in Siam before the Ayutthaya era, but it was not until the second half of the nineteenth century, in 1861, that they arrived in unprecedented numbers when a passenger steamship port in Swatow offered a direct route to Bangkok.

• THAILAND

  Moving forward, together

  News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 10/08/2020

  » Five decades have gone by, but the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is still standing. That said, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the coronavirus crisis is a clarion call for increased cooperation in what some observers have described as the age of "deglobalisation".

• THAILAND

  The Finn spearheading a charge to make Thailand's rubbish go round in circles

  News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 27/10/2019

  » As Finland is the world's first country to launch a national roadmap for its transition to a circular economy by 2025, the northern European nation is encouraging Thailand to adopt the model where resources are continually reused for the sustainable future of our planet.

• BUSINESS

  Trade spat will not affect RCEP: Asean

  News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 07/10/2019

  » The secretary-general of Asean, Dato Paduka Lim Jock Hoi, expressed his confidence that the long-awaited Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will be completed in principle before Thailand's chairmanship ends at the end of this year.

• THAILAND

  Canada navy port call lifts ties

  News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 17/09/2019

  » The Royal Canadian Navy is making a port call at Laem Chabang in the eastern province of Chon Buri to strengthen diplomatic ties with Thailand as part of its effort to deepen engagement in Asia-Pacific.

• LIFE

  For all mankind

  Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 04/08/2021

  » Over 60 years ago, Moscow launched a beach ball-sized aluminium satellite, Sputnik 1, into space for the first time in history. Its beep radio signal kicked off the space race between the Soviet Union and America at the height of the Cold War. When US astronaut Neil Armstrong landed on the Moon, his small step became "one giant leap for mankind".

• LIFE

  Missed opportunity to challenge insularity of Thainess

  Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 05/07/2021

  » The world-famous conjoined twins -- better known as Siamese twins -- had caught the eyes of the world long after they turned their back on public life.

• LIFE

  Passport to prosperity

  Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 17/03/2021

  » May I see your vaccine passport? You will be asked to demonstrate proof of shots everywhere -- be it airports, shops or events -- until the coronavirus outbreak is kept at bay. If you leaf through history, you will find their predecessors. In the past, travellers carried international certificates of vaccination to show at the port of entry when they visited yellow fever risk areas such as Africa and Latin America.

• LIFE

  Point of no return

  Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 01/03/2021

  » The world has about six years and 10 months left before its carbon budget -- the amount of carbon dioxide that can be released into the atmosphere at the current rate -- will be completely depleted. Unless human beings join hands to limit global warming under the 1.5C safe threshold, they will face worsening famines, disasters, and displacement. The climate clock by two artists, Gan Golan and Andrew Boyd, in Manhattan's Union Square, is a stark reminder of how destructive and fragile we are.

• THAILAND

  Asean urged to protect the Maniq people

  News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 13/11/2020

  » The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) should negotiate an agreement for the protection of the rights of ethnic minorities, including the Maniq (Sakai), some of whom settled in the South of Thailand during the coronavirus outbreak, a forum was told.

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