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Hope on the Horizon
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 31/01/2012
» Seventy-year-old Don Wright doesn't believe in giving up without a fight. Since being diagnosed with multiple myeloma (MM), also known as myeloma, eight years ago, he has become a beacon of light for patients battling the crippling cancer of the plasma cells in bone marrow. While no exact cause has been found to lead to this disease, it does primarily affect elderly folks. The median age of diagnosis is roughly 70 years.
Breaking down barriers
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 05/06/2012
» Violence, harassment and being subjected to public stigmatisation are just some of a long list of violations shown towards lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people that continue to go unaddressed in our image-conscious society.
Stopping traffick
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 15/06/2012
» Duean Wongsa has always had a heart for the downtrodden. A law graduate, she turned down a promising career in a Japanese company to instead work in an emotionally charged environment assisting vulnerable victims of human trafficking and child abuse.
CSI: Bangkok
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 23/10/2012
» The arduous job of sifting through and gathering compelling forensic and physical evidence to lead police to the perpetrator is a priority for Thailand's crime scene investigators. Forget television's CSI: this is the real, hard job of unglamorous police who take their work deadly seriously in the hope justice is swiftly served for the victims and their families.
Crims in cops' clothing
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 01/11/2012
» In the game of cops and robbers, we think we know who the good guys are, but do we really? Criminals in uniform seems such a contradiction, but they are very much part of our society. In recent months, we have watched with much distress cops suspected of criminal activity being paraded in front of the media _ often caught for drugs or mafia activity. As suspects they are innocent until proven guilty, however, like the rest of us, they are not above the law, and if found to be guilty have to be brought to justice.
Levelling the playing field
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 13/11/2012
» The fate that befell champion cyclist Lance Armstrong _ stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned from the sport for life after the US Anti-Doping Agency found sufficient evidence to prove he had taken performance-enhancing drugs _ has once again put substance abuse by professional athletes under the spotlight.
Mental Matters
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 04/12/2012
» Sometimes it goes beyond stress and pressure into the darker realm of clinical condition. Economic instability, political uncertainty, a thirst for materialism, personal history, the breakneck social competition _ all this, and more, contributes to the increasing number of people suffering from mental health disorders.
Making radio waves
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 24/01/2013
» Working in radio is seldom monetarily rewarding, or a secure career for that matter, without a go-getter approach and the right connections in the industry. Rassamee Maneenil, a veteran freelance radio host who for 20 years has delivered know-how on family issues to her audience, has learned that from experience.
Rape is never invited
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 29/01/2013
» "Don't tell me what to wear, tell your sons not to rape!" was one of many poignant messages splashed on placards during massive protests that erupted late last year in New Delhi over the brutal rape/murder of a medical student who eventually succumbed to her injuries weeks later.
Cutting confrontation
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 25/04/2013
» Rapeephat Seetha knows all too well what it entails to teach at an institution known to be a hotbed of vocational student violence. The veteran hairstylist teaches his craft at Samut Prakan Vocational College, known for its deadly violence, and students there have been both perpetrators and victims in a string of confrontations with neighbouring rival colleges.