• LIFE

  Following in Sunthon Phu's footsteps

  Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 25/07/2019

  » All along the Chao Phraya, from Bangkok Noi in the capital to Bang Kruai in Nonthaburi, are several old temples and communities that have stood for more than two centuries. These sites are mentioned in the works of Sunthon Phu, the great poet who lived during the reigns of King Rama I through to King Rama IV (1786-1855).

• LIFE

  Tears of a Cambodian actress

  Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 20/04/2016

  » A smile is always on her face. She speaks softly and sits with her back straight. When she walks, she does so regally, like a lady. The legendary Cambodian actress Dy Saveth is now 72, but she remains elegant and decorous, with hardly a visible mark of the turbulent life she has lived.

• LIFE

  A sporting chance

  Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 27/07/2017

  » Kriangkrai Vachiratamporn, 32, is best-known as the director behind the phenomenal hit Hormones The Series, a teen drama that raised the bar for television shows with its careful research and frankness in portraying adolescent woes. Now a producer of GDH's new TV series Project S, Kriangkrai is applying the same approach to the sports arena, combining meticulous scriptwriting with dramatic precision.

• TRAVEL

  A place where time moves slow

  Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 08/04/2021

  » A double-decker ferry docked at a pier on the bank of the Don Sak River in Surat Thani's Don Sak district, about a 90-minute drive from Surat Thani Airport. The destination was not world-renowned Koh Samui or Koh Phangan but a smaller more low-profile island named Koh Phaluai.

• LIFE

  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.

• TRAVEL

  Gearing up for tourists

  Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 08/03/2018

  » After harvesting season, rice farmers in the Northeast hold an annual merit-making ceremony to express gratitude to Mae Phosop (the Goddess of Rice). The farmers bring a portion of their newly harvested rice and pile it up on a temple ground for monks to bless.

• TRAVEL

  Once in a lifetime

  B Magazine, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 07/04/2019

  » The sky in Mae Hong Son was grey with haze, blanketing the province day and night. The smell from forest fires and the open-air burning of farm waste hurt the nose. The polluted air hurt the eyes. But the ongoing air crisis couldn't ruin the celebratory spirit of Ban Pha Bong community as it hosted Poi Sang Long, the annual mass novice ordination ceremony of the Tai Yai ethnic group.

• LIFE

  Weaving ties and traditions

  Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 04/04/2017

  » Wongduean Udomdechawet smiles when she talks about the craft of creating the tie-dyed silk woven cloth, known as mudmee.

• LIFE

  An education in 'Thainess'

  Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 15/07/2015

  » Nithiwat Tharatorn stood beside the poster of his film Kidthung Wittaya (Teacher's Diary). He smiled broadly. The reason was not just that he was in front of the cameras, but also because he was glad that his romantic comedy film, which came out in Thailand last year, was selected as the opening movie for the first Thai Film Festival at the theatre of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) in London.

• THAILAND

  Making a better treatment work

  Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 06/11/2018

  » The attempt to legalise cannabis for medicinal purposes has gained momentum, especially now that the National Legislative Assembly has promised to go in full-speed toward passing amendments to the 1979 Narcotics Act, decriminalising weed for health reasons. Despite controversy, such a movement would be another significant treatment alternative to cope with a growing number of illnesses.

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