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Out for the count
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 29/01/2017
» I met Owen on my recent trip to Nakhon Phanom, a border province way, way up in the far Northeast. Owen is eight years old. He's in Grade 4 at the local primary school. Owen sat with his mother and when the novelty of having a farang in the house started to wear off and conversation waned, I turned to Nong Owen and asked in Thai:
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Lesser known celebrations
Guru, Eric E Surbano, Published on 22/09/2017
» Did you know that there's a nationwide celebration coming up soon? Thai National Flag Day is to be celebrated this coming September 28. If you weren't aware of that, we don't blame you. This is the first time Thailand is going to be celebrating it to commemorate 100 years since King Rama VI declared the design we know today as the country's official flag. Sure, it might not be a legit holiday, but hey, it's all about being patriotic.
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Diabetes and the low-carb debate
Life, Published on 20/09/2016
» A few years ago, Dr Richard Kahn, the now-retired chief scientific and medical officer of the American Diabetes Association, was tasked with organising a committee to prescribe a diet plan for people with diabetes. He began by looking at the evidence for different diets, asking which, if any, best controlled diabetes.
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Drama unfolds, Bittersweet victory, Bowie's muse
News, Mae Moo, Published on 11/09/2016
» Actor and director Atichart "Aum" Chumnanont is suing a company he hired to work on a soap opera, claiming 50 million baht damages to his reputation after it suggested he ran the soap badly and doctored billing accounts.
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Right man for the job
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 01/08/2016
» From a farang-looking showbiz sweetheart who starred in a soap opera, television commercials and music videos 17 years back, today Christopher Benjakul is selling bread.
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Stories of surgical precision
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 25/05/2015
» Despite having busy careers in medicine, two physicians based at Bangkok Hospital have made a name for themselves penning novels. Dr Pongsakorn Chindawatana discovered his flair for writing from the age of seven, while Dr Kudkanang Mingmitpattanakul began plotting stories after the birth of her second child.
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Somtow Sucharitkul goes big in production of Carmina Burana
Life, Published on 02/08/2016
» Prolific Somtow Sucharitkul likes things big. Witness his "Very Big Music Festival", Gustav Mahler's Symphony of a Thousand, and several other sumptuous productions that he has staged. As of now, he's bringing the opera Dasjati to two European cities, and last month, he presented the 200-strong cast of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, a show certainly big in heart and soul.
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Obama wins second term
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 07/11/2012
» My goal today is to help you follow the election coverage in English as much as possible. I'll be updating this throughout election day, focusing mainly on the results of the election, but also on the language used to report the results.
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Seeing through Thai haze
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 20/02/2024
» According to the Thailand Development Research Institute, the government became aware of PM2.5 pollution in 2018 when the Pollution Control Department included PM2.5 in the calculation of the air quality index.
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