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    Parents rush to fly kids home from stricken US

    News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 31/03/2020

    » Parents are rushing to bring Thai students back home from the United States after the country overtook China and Italy to record the highest number of infections worldwide with more than 142,000.

  • LIFE

    Struggling to survive

    Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 23/05/2023

    » You are what you eat, but some do not have the privilege to choose. Nai, who is skinny and short for his age, lacks more than just a proper diet. He has been abandoned by his mother, and his father is serving a jail term. As a result, his uncle has kindly taken him into his own family. But like others, he is living from hand-to-mouth, so providing his nephew with a balanced diet from the five food groups is difficult. Due to a lack of variety in their diet, slum children, though not starving, are suffering from malnutrition.

  • LIFE

    Questioning the ugly side of Thailand's capitalism

    Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 18/02/2021

    » Do you remember your favourite bedtime stories? Parents read them to entertain and educate their kids under a warm blanket, however, at the end of the day, children often learn moral lessons through them and take these lines to heart.

  • LIFE

    Special needs books help families

    Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 28/02/2023

    » A new collection of interactive books tells the stories of children with special needs with the aim of improving family relationships and increasing public understanding of each child's challenges.

  • LIFE

    Graffiti artist follows his rebellious roots

    Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 06/06/2022

    » A daubed wall marks off a rundown area where makeshift houses were put up for rent, a stone's throw from a luxury condominium in the heart of Bangkok's Sathon. A 40-year-old man exits his car with pink luggage. He puts on a black hat and ties a small cloth around his head. He's wearing a long-sleeve checked shirt, shorts, and black sneakers and his socks are printed with cannabis patterns. Mue Bon, literally translated as "restless hands", opens his arsenal and begins to spray paint a rough sketch of the flightless black bird on the wall.

  • LIFE

    Netflix film by Thai creators preaches harmonious existence

    Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 02/06/2022

    » Netflix is screening the first preschool animation, Sea Of Love, by Thai creators to teach children and viewers of all ages how to live together in harmony.

  • LIFE

    Preserving an ancient art

    Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 26/04/2022

    » Despite a two-year hiatus, Nutchanat La-ongsri commanded a stage with unwavering power. Donning a large headpiece, she pulled on a white costume with a red strap tied on her upper body. Her back rose up like a bird's tail. She pressed her hands in front, showing silver bracelets and nail tips. After a wai kru ceremony, she staged a play in nora kaek, the dying breed of performance art from the Deep South.

  • LIFE

    Card collectors chase possible fortune

    Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 02/11/2021

    » Clutching a large tote bag, a collector is looking for someone to trade a wide range of anime toys from cards to stickers in the new craze for rare items that cost over 100,000 baht per piece.

  • LIFE

    Joy amid hardship

    Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 10/05/2021

    » Rusty tin shacks sprawl under high-rises and billboards. Rubbish scatters and floats down the foul-smelling river. Last year, fire broke out near a local mosque. With the third wave of the coronavirus outbreak, the Klong Toey neighbourhood is hanging by a thread.

  • LIFE

    Artist breaks down barriers with semi-abstract work

    Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 09/08/2023

    » Catleeya Asavanant, the country's first artist with Down syndrome, is showcasing semi-abstract artwork in a second solo exhibition this month at 6060 Arts Space.

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