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    The Counterfeiters is a bona fide must-see

    Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 02/08/2019

    » True story and history movie buffs are in for a treat, coming Aug 10, as RCB film club's top movie for this month is The Counterfeiters (Die Faelscher), an Austrian Oscar winner with English subtitles directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky.

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    Less is more

    Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 12/04/2016

    » American researcher James R. Mitchell, associate professor of Genetics and Complex Diseases at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, runs a lab with the primary goal of understanding how nutrition affects longevity and health.

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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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    Hoping for better days

    Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 20/07/2020

    » After months of lockdown, the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) recently gave the green light for all remaining entertainment venues to reopen, following an appeal from musicians and entertainers to allow them to get back to work as the long closure had put many in severe financial straits.

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    How we survive

    Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 29/04/2020

    » Thailand is now seeing a steady decline in the number of new coronavirus-infected cases nationwide. Easing lockdown in Bangkok and the provinces is being considered by government leaders. But if there is one thing we have learned from the months-long pandemic that has put many aspects of the country to a complete stop, it is that of the generosity of people who are willing to help the less privileged in a time of crisis. Here, we put together two examples of acts of kindness to assist the Myanmar migrant workforce and medical personnel.

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    Quaking with anticipation

    Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 10/01/2017

    » The question of whether Bangkok's infrastructure is prepared for an earthquake arises whenever we hear news about it happening elsewhere the world. Earthquake-prone New Zealand suffered two months back, and Japan has them often, big and small. Should Bangkok, situated in a safer part of the Earth's untrustworthy crust and yet with more and more tall buildings, be complacent?

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    The flavour of hardship overcome

    Muse, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 02/08/2014

    » Behind executive chef Pairos Prapairak’s happy-go-lucky persona is a painful childhood, which he says could have easily lead him astray if he hadn’t channelled negative energy into drive to accomplish his goals.

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    Expressing grief

    Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 08/11/2012

    » When Catharine Murray lost her six-year-old son to a rare form of leukaemia, she took to writing during her journey of healing.

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    Stopping traffick

    Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 15/06/2012

    » Duean Wongsa has always had a heart for the downtrodden. A law graduate, she turned down a promising career in a Japanese company to instead work in an emotionally charged environment assisting vulnerable victims of human trafficking and child abuse.

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