• OPINION

  Workplace mental support a must

  Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 17/10/2022

  » The preschool mass shooting in Nong Bua Lam Phu last week has raised a number of controversial issues -- from gun control, journalism ethics and professionalism, to drugs and violence.

• OPINION

  Long Covid is the hidden pandemic

  Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 27/09/2021

  » Covid-19 has changed people's lives drastically in many ways. For one, masks have become essential items now while hybrid workplaces, remote learning, and cashless shopping are normal practices. We will also never feel at ease riding in an elevator with strangers the way we did before.

• OPINION

  Whoops apocalypse

  Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 03/02/2020

  » Only two months in and it seems the world in 2020 is nearer to doomsday than ever before.

• OPINION

  This time, it's serious

  Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 25/11/2019

  » Thailand's road map on plastic waste management has never been clearer. Two weeks ago, government spokeswoman Narumon Pinyosinwat announced that the cabinet had approved the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment's campaign to end the handing out of single-use plastic bags.

• LIFE

  Hold the salt!

  Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 29/10/2019

  » An estimated 8 million people in Thailand suffer from chronic kidney disease, according to 2017 statistics from the Ministry of Public Health. Of this number, around 100,000 patients are in the terminal stage and require haemodialysis on a regular basis, which works as an artificial kidney. This requires a national budget of over 20 billion baht per year.

• LIFE

  The meat of the matter

  Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 30/09/2019

  » Late last month, KFC launched Beyond Fried Chicken, a plant-based chicken substitute at a single location in Atlanta, USA. According to a New York Times report, the chicken giant sold as many plant-based wings and nuggets in only five hours as its popular popcorn chicken in an entire week.

• LIFE

  Where there's smoke

  Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 03/09/2019

  » Having been outlawed in Thailand since 2014, e-cigarettes remain a subject of controversy and debate. While many are calling for the ban to be lifted due to the perceived health benefits of vaping, others argue that it may actually do more harm than good.

• LIFE

  The truth about cats and dogs

  Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 23/10/2018

  » Aunt Chutima has adopted 70 stray cats and 30 stray dogs in her neighbourhood of Ang Thong province. Yet she never considers them to be a burden, even though she is partially blind. Each month, she spends over 10,000 baht on food for the abandoned animals that now call her place home.

• THAILAND

  The time to combat plastic is now

  Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 02/07/2018

  » It comes as no surprise that Thailand is among five Asian countries -- together with China, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines -- that are responsible for more than half of the 8 million tonnes of plastic waste dumped into the world's oceans every year, according to a 2015 Ocean Conservancy Report. The people of Thailand use over 70 billion plastic bags a year.

• LIFE

  Buyer and maker beware

  Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 18/06/2018

  » The scandalous headline-making case of Lyn dietary supplements is not just a wake-up call for consumers in buying suspicious products. It is also a trigger for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to actively crack down on manufacturers that break safety regulations.

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