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    Activating one's moral compass

    Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 02/04/2018

    » Not a day goes by that we don't read about corruption scandals in the newspapers. The most despicable are often the ones in which the victims are society's downtrodden.

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    Down to earth

    Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 30/06/2014

    » Benki Piyako, son of the chief of the Ashaninka tribe, a centuries-old indigenous community in Brazil’s Amazonian state of Acre, is not your conventional personality. Dressed in jeans and T-shirt, he could easily be mistaken for a 30-something-year-old with a penchant for bodybuilding. It is only when he wears his tribal cloak and face paint that he embodies an individual with a rich ancestral background that has included facing oppression and land theft.

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    Heinous acts call for reflection

    Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 29/04/2014

    » Women working the graveyard shift have often fallen prey to rape and theft. But when the victim happens to be pregnant and the assailants teenagers, the heinous crime could well be attributed to an ailing society in dire need of introspection and change.

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    The Facebook detective

    Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 18/09/2012

    » With improvised detective work, a strong sense of desperation, and much help from Facebook, a woman made headlines when she helped the police nab a con artist. Gullibility had made her a victim, but her case is an example of how determination to fight back _ and the wide reach of social networking _ can turn the situation around.

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