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Life in the grand palace
Life, Published on 03/01/2012
» A dazzle of gold and a blaze of colours _ that's your first impression of the Grand Palace as you come down the avenue of ugly dull buildings. It is a splendid mass of pagodas, towers, halls and chapels with triple roofs ending in flourishes of serpents' tails. The temple bells glint from the eaves below roofs covered with blue and orange, green and yellow tiles. The buildings look like blown up toys. The black spires seem remote and unreal as fairy tales and dreams. High white walls surround the city for it is indeed a little city of its own.
Singledom starts to make Sense
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 05/03/2012
» If there is one common thread running through the mindset of today's Thai single women, it's their option to have a free hand at leading a lifestyle with no strings attached.
HFMD rate falling dramatically, BMA says
News, Published on 31/07/2012
» The hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) infection rate in Bangkok is declining, but officials are remaining vigilant, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) says.
Welcome to farmville
Life, Sukhumaporn Laiyok, Published on 13/02/2013
» Once upon a time, many animals lived on a farm. A cow boasted that she is big and can produce milk for people.
A grisly end
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 10/07/2013
» Phuc Tho, a farming village west of Hanoi, has had its heyday. Busloads of Korean tourists used to visit the bear farms in the area, but they didn't come simply to watch and take photos with the fluffy mammals.
Falling out of fashion
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 25/09/2013
» Three weeks ago, former international model Rojjana "Yui" Phetkanha returned to the spotlight, but it was almost as far from a stellar comeback as you could imagine. About 20 years ago she was living a glorious life, supposedly with a 50 million baht career sashaying on catwalks worldwide, gracing the cover of Vogue Singapore and being featured in Chanel perfume print ads.
Kids with kids
Life, Published on 12/08/2014
» An unplanned pregnancy. A baby born out of wedlock. Many parts of Thai society have still branded these things as inappropriate, especially if they happen to teenagers. Despite such social values, a number of women get pregnant at a very young age, mostly unprepared and unready.
Banking on the future
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 20/08/2014
» Everybody from the Baan Koh Tiab fishing community in Chumphon knows Jang Fungfeung.
Be a Kiwi scholar
Life, Published on 27/08/2014
» The University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand is offering a NZ$1 million (27 million baht) international scholarship fund to students from 12 Asian countries.
Special needs, special tactics
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 23/09/2014
» Way down a soi in the Lad Phrao area, a blue house with a red gate set into a brick wall painted white has a most welcoming feel to it when I drop by one sunny day. Inside, there is a small grassy area with a covered sandpit. Children's bicycles are piled in one corner and a vegetable garden can be seen at the back of the property. This is MA Home Play, a cosy refuge on Soi Nak Niwat 48 which caters to children battling autism and other learning disabilities.