• NEWS

  Quake reveals Japan woefully unprepared to help foreigners

  Published on 16/09/2018

  » TOKYO: The powerful earthquake that hit Japan's popular tourist destination of Hokkaido, the country's northernmost main island, has highlighted a lack of preparedness to provide information to foreign visitors in a time of a disaster.

• THAILAND

  A higher vision

  Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 26/02/2019

  » Eden Y. Woon's impressive portfolio that has seen him through stints in the military, the private sector and academia make him a perfect candidate to lead the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) to greater heights as it celebrates its 60th anniversary this year.

• THAILAND

  Piecing shattered lives back together

  News, Nauvarat Suksamran, Published on 08/12/2018

  » A coalition of Buddhist organisations, which provides victims with tangible aid as well as spiritual remedies, is helping alleviate suffering caused by natural disasters and personal traumas.

• THAILAND

  Rising from the ashes

  Life, Published on 23/08/2018

  » Neon lights, busy streets and the Tokyo Tower were left behind the glass windows once our bus left Tokyo. The view along the road gradually changed from buildings to farmlands and forests while heading north to the Tohoku region.

• THAILAND

  Mid-career recognition

  Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 29/08/2018

  » Respect is earned, although in Thailand respect often comes with age. To motivate artists on the rise, the Office of Contemporary Art and Culture, Ministry of Culture, initiated the title Silpathorn Artist in 2003 to honour mid-career artists — those who've contributed to their respective fields for a number of years but still not 'masters'. The Silpathorn Award focuses on contemporary disciplines — fashion, architecture, literature, music, film, performing art and visual art — and recipients, who are between 30 to 50, represent the youthful, progressive energy in the Thai creative scene. An exhibition showing their bodies of work, from design sketches to a film screening, is ongoing at Ratchadamnoen Contemporary Art Center until Sept 9.

• THAILAND

  Reliving trauma with little relief

  Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 05/06/2016

  » The first flashback occurred several months after Aggarat Bansong was caught in a gun battle during the anti-Yingluck government protests in 2014.

• THAILAND

  US joins Japan quake relief

  Published on 18/04/2016

  » MINAMIASO, Japan - Eleven people remained missing early Monday in southern Japan from two powerful earthquakes that killed at least 41 people, as the US military announced it was preparing to join relief efforts and Toyota said it would suspend nearly all of its vehicle production in Japan.

• THAILAND

  Christchurch's heart still missing

  News, Published on 22/02/2016

  » Five years after an earthquake in Christchurch killed 185 people and destroyed hundreds of buildings, some residents have taken to calling it the "Doughnut City". The ravaged city centre is still largely an empty core, and it's unclear how long it will remain that way.

• THAILAND

  Architects act to safeguard against quakes

  News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 13/02/2016

  » The 7.8-magnitude Nepalese earthquake last year claimed more than 8,000 lives, injured 21,000 and left thousands more homeless. The 6.4-magnitude quake in Taiwan last week killed at least 94 people and injured hundreds while more than 40 remain missing. Many high-rises collapsed.

• THAILAND

  Sniffing out survivors

  Spectrum, Published on 27/12/2015

  » In one of Bangkok's most developed urban areas, Sam Yan, a block of buildings is being demolished to make way for a new construction project.

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