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The boy racers
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 27/07/2015
» Pimply faced teenage schoolmates Art, Odd and Arm have one common passion: street motorcycle racing. It is an illegal passion, but a hobby they say has earned them the love and attention they do not get at home.
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Anchorman
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 19/09/2016
» Veteran CNN anchor and international business correspondent Richard Quest's raspy voice and boisterous persona on television might draw a fair share of haters as well as admirers, but one thing is certain: they all love watching him.
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Showcasing Bangladesh
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 25/05/2016
» For the past 17 months, Bangladeshi ambassador Saida Muna Tasneem has been promoting her country's rich cultural heritage in Thailand. It is now time to showcase the rest of the country at the Bangladesh Trade and Investment Expo 2016. Held at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre, May 30 to June 1, it will be a time for business matchmaking opportunities for both sides.
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An enduring legacy
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 19/02/2018
» Sustainable development in Thailand has been making great strides during the past decade, thanks to co-operation between the government and private sector. Kitti Wasinondh, a board member of Thailand Sustainable Development Foundation (TSDF) also believes that the contribution of outstanding people, such as politician/academic Surin Pitsuwan, has been a prime factor to the country's claim of sustainable progress.
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English closer to home
Asia focus, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 25/10/2016
» Gone are the days when one had to fly across the world to learn English as a second language (ESL). Today, within Asean, there are a handful of nations that have become popular destinations to master the art of conversational and written English.
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Forging relations with Brazil is no Olympian task
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 16/08/2016
» The 2016 Rio Olympics is in full swing, with six more day to Sunday's closing ceremonies. Watching the games from Bangkok is Gilberto Fonseca Guimaraes de Moura, Brazilian ambassador to Thailand.
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Stopping the madness
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 03/03/2014
» Festering anger over the senseless deaths of four children who became the latest victims of political violence in Trat province and Bangkok’s Ratchaprasong has put Veena, a noodle vendor with an avid interest in politics, on an emotional roller coaster. As she closely monitors what daily newspapers have to say on the deaths, she gets irate and begins to spew a tirade of insults about ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his red-shirt supporters, whom she blames for being behind the incident. “They’re the aggressor, so terrible,” Veena says.
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Recording unheard voices
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 16/07/2013
» Farina So believes in the power of oral history. Collecting and studying historical information through interviews with Muslim and non-Muslim communities in the three restive southern provinces of Thailand, for instance, can help officials in charge of reconciliation better understand the issues residents are facing. And So ought to know, because the 33-year-old heads the Cham Oral History Project at the Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam).
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