• LIFE

  Nature's healing power

  Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 11/07/2022

  » The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted not only the physical health and economy of millions of people around the world but also has disrupted their mental health in a significant manner. As the world cautiously reopens to travel, Thailand has become a destination of choice for numerous tourists as travel restrictions continue to subside.

• LIFE

  When your heart's on fire, smoke gets in your eyes

  Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 25/02/2022

  » Danger lurks behind the endless possibilities of finding a life partner on an online dating app.

• LIFE

  Stamping out violence

  Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 09/11/2020

  » About 7% of women -- largely from southern Thailand -- and 8.4% of men in the Central Region of the country continue to believe that domestic violence is justified in a relationship, according to the Sixth Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey for Thailand (Mics 6), a national survey conducted by the National Statistical Office (NSO) every three years with help from Unicef.

• LIFE

  A cure for policing ills

  Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 14/07/2020

  » When footage of George Floyd's arrest first surfaced on the internet, many around the world, including Pol Lt Col Krisanaphong Poothakool and Pol Lt Col Peabprom Mekhiyanont, watched in horror as Derek Chauvin, a 19-year police veteran, attempted to arrest the man on suspicion of using counterfeit notes by pinning him to the ground and kneeling on the back of his neck despite Floyd's pleas that he could not breathe.

• OPINION

  Keeping cops in check

  Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 08/06/2020

  » Type police brutality in Google and most likely you will find trending news headlines such as: "Why George Floyd Won't Be Last American Killed By Police''.

• LIFE

  A message that resonates

  Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 16/07/2019

  » Newly appointed deputy executive director and UN assistant secretary-general Anita Bhatia says the message of the UN Women's flagship report titled "Progress Of The World's Women 2019-2020: Families In A Changing World" resonates well with her.

• THAILAND

  A month of many traditions

  Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 21/05/2019

  » Ramadan, the ninth month of the Muslim calendar and the holy month of fasting, is practised by Muslims around the world, including Thailand. Having begun earlier this month, it is a time for Muslims to practise self-restraint, by not just fasting from dawn to dusk from food, drink, sexual activity, impure or unkind thoughts, and more. Ramadan is also a time of reflection.

• THAILAND

  Permanent revolutionary

  Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 09/11/2018

  » When your father happens to be Ernesto "Che" Guevara, the Argentine Marxist revolutionary who was an engine of the Cuban Revolution, you learn early in life to be emotionally strong, grounded and defiant -- proud of your ideology, regardless of how it may be viewed by the rest of the world.

• LIFE

  Family fun at Jim Thompson Farm

  Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 29/11/2016

  » The Jim Thompson Farm Tour 2016, a yearly family event, is once again set to put smiles on the faces of both young and old.

• LIFE

  Rhythms of Isan

  Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 06/10/2015

  » Thailand's northeastern musical instruments create a chorus of foot-stomping sounds that showcase the crux of the region's rich cultural and historical heritage. Isan music and its rapid-fire rhythmic vocals and funk-like beats have steadily gained the attention of Western producers, one of whom is British lyricist and executive producer, William Robinson.

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