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The man behind the screen
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 02/02/2012
» Pattrakorn Chomaksorn's job starts only after sunset and finishes before midnight. Despite working only a few hours a day, Pattrakorn earns a handsome income each month.
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Modern families
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 04/12/2013
» To celebrate Father's Day tomorrow, Life explores how the idea of fatherhood has evolved _ and how it's no longer framed by one's gender or sexual preference.
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Worth its salt?
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 12/03/2014
» Tap water in many parts of Bangkok, even after being filtered, has never before tasted so salty and unpalatable — so much so that many households have opted to purchase bottled drinking water.
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No smoke without fire
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 04/11/2014
» The Tobacco Products Control Act — Thailand's primary law on tobacco merchandise imposing a ban on most forms of tobacco advertising and promotion — has been enforced since 1992. The implementation, unfortunately, does not seem to be able to stop some tobacco goods being popularised and sold — both online and underground — especially electronic tobacco smoking devices.
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Beyond the womb
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 22/09/2015
» Gordon Lake and Manuel Santos had a strong desire to be parents. With zero odds of a pregnancy, their only hope was a Thai surrogate.
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The smaller the sachet the sweeter your health
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 14/10/2015
» Starting from January next year, if you order a cup of coffee at Cafe Amazon and notice that the sugar sachets they provide are smaller in size, do not get too startled as this is part of a national campaign to reduce sugar consumption among Thais.
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Fighting the fat
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 02/02/2016
» One month in and all the New Year parties are now well and truly over. After all those celebratory drinks and feasts, people will by now have likely begun to question if their excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages, cakes and all that would put them at a higher risk of fatty liver, a disease commonly found in recent years.
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Say it with a condom
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 09/02/2016
» Phatcharaphan Prachuablarb is the fruit of an unplanned teen pregnancy. Born to a mother who was only 18, he knows what it is like to grow up in a family not ready to raise a child.
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Are dietary supplements safe?
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 05/07/2016
» The Thai tropical plant ma mui, or Mucuna pruriens, was on the public radar last year after Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha urged farmers to grow them instead of rice to cope with drought. The herb recently made newspaper headline again when a 21-year-old woman in the southern province of Trang was found dead earlier this month after taking four capsules of ma mui supplements -- samples she received after becoming a member of a direct-sale business selling the supplement product.
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Transcending grief
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 25/10/2016
» It has been almost two weeks since the passing of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, but a lot of Thais still shed tears every time they see his image on TV or elsewhere. In a time like this, coping with the loss of the beloved is easier said than done.
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