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Inspiring innovators
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 20/03/2024
» Organised by the National Research Council of Thailand each year, the "Thailand New Gen Inventor Award: I-New Gen Award 2024" finds young minds with creative ideas to help propel innovative developments.
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Banana republic
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 02/03/2020
» The road leading to Ban Neon Kum in Bang Krathum district in Phitsanulok is quiet. Along the road are farmlands consisting mostly of banana plantations. For more than a century, locals in Bang Krathum have grown the fruit for producing sun-dried bananas -- known as kluay tak in Thai. Kluay tak is a Geographical Indication (GI) product of Bang Krathum. About 4,000 tonnes of kluay tak are produced yearly.
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Practising seafood safety
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 16/07/2019
» Microplastics are not just an environmental issue. The tiny pieces of synthetic material are also part of a worrying ongoing discussion about food safety not just in Thailand but the world over.
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Following the food chain, link by link
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 08/08/2017
» Experts in health and diet gathered last week at an academic conference entitled "Bridging Knowledge In Nutrition And Foods For Health To Support Sustainable Development". Organised by Mahidol University's Institute of Nutrition, the conference addressed Asia's major public-health concerns, especially with regard to food security and health hazards.
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Daring to be different
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 15/02/2021
» Seven years ago, Nongluck Asavasakulchai, now 53, left her job as a nurse in the capital to become a farmer in her hometown in Nakhon Phanom, about 715km northeast of Bangkok. There, in 2014, she founded Community Enterprise Rice Processing Tambon Ban Phueng (Khaowsook) after the price of rice hit record lows. Her goal was to find alternative options and the solution she turned to was organic rice.
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Pandemics through the Ages: One more wake-up call unheeded?
Christopher Bruton, Published on 28/05/2020
» Pandemics have been an endemic feature of human history throughout the passage of time. They have killed off more people than wars and famines.
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Lockdown takes toll on Luang Prabang
Life, Published on 06/05/2020
» On the third day of the Lao New Year Festival in mid-April, the Buddha image of Phra Bang -- believed to be the guardian of Luang Prabang for generations -- is taken in a traditional procession to a shrine in the Xieng Thong Temple, where the devout bathe the image and wish for good health and happiness for their families. Of course, this year, the procession was called off as well as the nationwide water festival on top of the disruption of basic routines of everyday life such as giving alms to local monks.
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EPIC LOBSTER TALES at Shangri-La Hotel, Bangkok’s riverside Sunday Brunch
Holiday Time, Christopher Lombardi, Special publications, Published on 06/12/2018
» As if the idea of enjoying a lavish combined morning-afternoon meal at peak weekend relaxation time weren’t appealing enough, the Shangri-La Hotel, Bangkok’s NEXT2 Café is serving a Sunday Brunch featuring a vast all-you-can-eat menu of international and seafood favourites featuring made to order lobster omelettes and Lobster Thermidor.
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Hazards that lie within
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 19/08/2018
» Although Thailand has multiple kinds of delicious food and snacks to choose from, consumers must bear in mind that they are also easily exposed to unsafe diets, which could subsequently land them with health problems.
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The whole picture
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 20/02/2018
» Consumers were frightened when news broke recently that hydroponically grown vegetables were found to contain chemical residues above the maximum limit.
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