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Ignorance is not always bliss
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 19/05/2015
» Food network television star Sandra Lee followed in Angelina Jolie's footsteps by publicly announcing just last week that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer and will soon undergo a double mastectomy.
Lacking education is prison without the bars
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 05/06/2015
» The mass arrest of young motorcycle racers in Bangkok earlier this week once again put the issue of parental responsibility into the public spotlight. Whenever minors commit crimes, parents are suddenly left being held to account. Not friends. Not schools. Parents alone.
When in Japan, do as the Japanese do
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 09/04/2015
» It has been a while since the second season finale of the TV hit Hormones The Series, but it seems the hormones are still running rampant.
Fix teen pregnancy? Fix attitudes first
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 05/03/2015
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has decided to halt the installation of condom vending machines in city-run schools. Following the ruling, all dispensers have been removed.
'Necessary' fight for animal rights
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 30/01/2015
» 'Kankluay", a pet dog belonging to Saiyon and Jomsri Khamphukaew in the northeastern province of Nong Khai, is the first animal in Thailand to benefit from the newly enacted Prevention of Animal Cruelty and Provision of Animal Welfare Act.
Keeping Thailand out of the 'hot zone'
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 14/11/2014
» Countries around the world have begun to feel unsafe, as the Ebola virus has been identified outside of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Due to fear and apprehension, each nation has come up with its own travel-related measures to protect its citizens.
Taxi services are one uber-mess
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 17/12/2014
» The Department of Land Transport last week decided to ban part of the service offered by US-based taxi company Uber, citing safety concerns and a lack of regulation.
Better prep needed to manage Ebola
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 10/10/2014
» Medical boffins at Mahidol University's Siriraj Hospital last week celebrated their discovery of the world's first Ebola antibody treatment. It's not a vaccine, of course, but this latest breakthrough — the antibody is capable of attacking cells infected with the virus, researchers claim — is a significant step towards finding a cure for the deadly disease.
Driving us to distraction
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 07/08/2014
» Those found texting on their mobile phones while driving in Bangkok will be arrested after the Metropolitan Police Bureau on Tuesday enforced a new rule prohibiting the act. Though the gravity of the new regulation is not enough to land text message addicts in jail, they are required to pay a maximum fine of 1,000 baht if the law is broken.
Time to put a stop to hazing
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 10/09/2014
» You yell at someone. You insult them. You force them to eat or drink things you would never want to taste. You make them wear embarrassing clothes in public. You blindfold them and abandon them. You humiliate them.