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    An unbreakable bond

    Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 06/06/2022

    » As Hong Kong's Covid-19 situation continues to stabilise after a spike in cases and deaths earlier this year, the coastal city is now looking forward to reconnecting with trading partners in Asean through travel and business ventures, according to Edward Yau, Hong Kong's Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development.

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    A way of life

    Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 04/04/2022

    » A resident of the Pgakenyaw community in northern Thailand, Nutdanai Trakansuphakon began an initiative to maintain, revive and promote rotational farming as a cultural practice tied to his Karen identity. In the process, he's helping raise awareness of its many benefits.

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    Art world seeks to conquer new frontiers

    Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 30/12/2021

    » While virtual art exhibitions proved instrumental in connecting Thai artists to potential buyers in 2021, art trends were influenced by the impact of the lingering economic and political gloom.

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    Hope fades for migrant children

    Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 13/12/2021

    » Once a happy-go-lucky fifth-grader who studied at a migrant learning centre in Mae Sot, Min* opts to sniff glue in his free time. By doing so, he wishes to momentarily forget the enormous responsibility of bringing food to the table by working long shifts at a local slaughterhouse after his parents were laid off due to the impact of Covid-19.

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    Turning to tech for LGBTI

    Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 30/06/2021

    » Promoting optimal healthcare for all types of people regardless of sexual or gender preference should be practised across the board. Yet, constraints such as lack of specific education and training for healthcare workers, plus medical providers' limited understanding and awareness of LGBTI patients who have different health needs all contribute to silent suffering in a country where their existence is still marginalised.

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    Murder in the countryside

    Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 29/06/2021

    » The Royal Thai Police took a good solid year to build an airtight criminal case against Chaiphol "Lung Phol" Wipha, the prime suspect in the death of toddler Orawan "Nong Champoo" Wongsricha, who was found dead and violated on a mountain not far from her home in Mukdahan province last year.

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    Being trans in a pandemic

    Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 18/01/2021

    » Growing up a trans woman in rural northeastern Thailand for the first 16 years of her life, Minty* was often ridiculed and physically abused by elders in her family and neighbourhood children for her effeminate demeanour, which forced her to run away to an unknown future in Bangkok.

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    Exposing the bad boy tycoons of India

    Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 23/10/2020

    » Despite an earnest effort by Netflix's docuseries Bad Boy Billionaires: India to document the rise and fall of men behind financial deceit such as Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Subrata Roy -- best described as a bunch of "has-beens" whose amoral behaviour eventually led to their fall from grace -- it does little to shed new evidence about their cases.

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    Out of work and out of options

    Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 22/09/2020

    » When the garment factory where Tin Tin* worked for over a decade shut down in Mae Sot due to the financial impact of Covid-19 earlier this year, the 37-year-old Myanmar migrant resorted to picking wild water morning glory along a canal near her shanty home to cook and eat.

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    More concessions needed to spur domestic tourism

    Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 24/08/2020

    » Tourism is a vital driver for Thailand's growth, so much so that when the Covid-19 pandemic hit, it shook the foundations of an entire industry -- worth billions of baht -- and caused the Thai economy to fall to its knees.

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