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New year, new inspiration
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 17/01/2024
» It was early morning of the first Saturday of the year and a lively crowd had gathered at the entrance of the Unicef office on Phra Athit Road. Young and eager attendees had arrived early for Unicef Thailand's first Open House.
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Protests - heaven for cyclists
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 19/03/2014
» President of Thailand Cycling Club, Thongchai Panswad, has been walking and cycling and encouraging people to do the same for over two decades.
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Bangkok biking a year in review
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 23/12/2013
» Bangkok has certainly taken another step closer to achieving an ambitious goal - to become a bicycle-friendly city. From being almost alien to Bangkok streets a few years ago, bicycles have gained in popularity, with an increase in the number of cyclists. For some, cycling is a hobby, while for others wanting to save time and energy, it is part of everyday life. Due to the rise in the number of cyclists, this mode of green transport became a policy issue for candidates in the Bangkok gubernatorial elections earlier this year _ the first time it attracted attention from top policymakers.
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Classroom politics
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 22/01/2014
» 'We used to run the country. And we could manage the economic crisis. We are experienced enough to manage the country again. Please vote for us."
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Copenhagen of the east
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 28/01/2014
» When Suthep Thaugsuban decided to lead the Bangkok Shutdown march on January 13, his goal was to change national politics. He had no idea his march would tremendously change Bangkok traffic and the way Bangkokians think about daily commuting - in a good way.
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Orwellian treatise still relevant for our times
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 03/02/2014
» There's no need to ask her what the first thing she did yesterday was.
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Bad news brings bigger 'bucks'
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 27/11/2013
» A court battle with corporate coffee giant Starbucks over intellectual property rights became a blessing in disguise for a famous coffee stall once named "Starbung Coffee".
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Chain reaction
Muse, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 08/06/2013
» At first glance, anyone would take Threedow Aphaiwongs for another woman who doesn't play sports at all. Or maybe just a little indoors exercise, to stay in shape. Don't be fooled by the flawless business attire, high heels, light make-up and hair-do that she's been wearing all day.
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Modern family
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 11/03/2013
» Situated some 150km apart, Lop Buri and Bangkok share at least one architectural lineage, a set of "Modern style" buildings that are the legacy of the People's Party that brought drastic political change to the country in 1932.
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Keeping history alive
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 14/01/2013
» If there is something we can learn from the demolition of the Supreme Court's old office - an ongoing dispute that has attracted much attention from historians, conservationists as well as legal experts - it is that the value of most buildings erected in the same era are underrated and are at risk of being torn down.
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