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Classic cool
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 12/05/2017
» Charoen Krung neighbourhood is a crossroads where traditions meet contemporaries -- a clash of old and new, past and future, and it is now clamouring with street art, retro shops, galleries, street food and fine dining.
Laos turns up a winner
Muse, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 29/04/2017
» Stepping off of the red carpet, the gorgeous Lao star Vilouna Phetmany -- known by her stage name Tot Lina -- began to greet us in perfect Thai. On Wednesday, she attended the gala opening of the Bangkok Asean Film Festival, shining among the regional superstars. Tomorrow the festival will screen the film she stars in, a new-wave Lao horror called Nong Hak, before it goes into general release on May 18.
At the animal café
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 10/04/2017
» How do you like the idea of eating bakery and sipping on soda, all the while playing with cats, dogs, rabbits and more? It may sound off to some, but for many animal lovers, the experience feels just like heaven -- and can now be accomplished at animal cafés all over the country.
School, but not as you know it
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 20/03/2017
» 'School is a diamond," uttered Mechai Viravaidya. "But all we have ever done is use it as a glass."
Disney dreams come true
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 01/12/2016
» Young female singers from different countries were selected to lend their speaking and singing voices to the titular character of Moana, Disney's latest animated feature which opens today in Thai cinemas, in their own respective languages. In Thailand, the honour fell upon 19-year-old Thai-American singer Myra Molloy, who gushed that it was always a dream of hers to voice a Disney character.
Branching out
Muse, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 26/11/2016
» After two decades in showbiz, TV superstar Khemupsorn "Cherry" Sirisukha has found herself a new calling. She dreams of replanting the country's forests. While the sight of denuded mountains may have shocked the public earlier this year and sprang different groups to action, the actress said it was rather the dried up creeks and rivers that triggered her and her friends' awareness of the country's environmental crisis.
For country and the world
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 21/11/2016
» In 1965, Salakphra Wildlife Sanctuary in Kanchanaburi province became the country's first wildlife sanctuary. It is home to more than 500,000 rai of forest ground occupied by elephants, tigers, bulls and countless other species of beasts and plants. The sanctuary -- composed of dry evergreen, dry dipterocarp and mixed deciduous forest depending on the altitude -- is packed with an abundance of natural resources. Unfortunately, the sanctuary attracts intruders who try to seek profits from its abundance.
United in grief
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 01/11/2016
» Kand Pukrod, 63, a construction worker from Yala province, was sitting on plastic sheets that served as his makeshift mattress on the hard ground. It was drizzling throughout the evening, and Kand decided to settle down under one of the big white marquees.
The burden of giving
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 26/10/2016
» For someone who's been living and working near the Giant Swing of Bangkok for 15 years, Prajin* -- a middle-aged restaurant worker -- said he has never seen his neighbourhood in such a messy state.
Let love carry us
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 24/10/2016
» It's almost impossible to fathom that Thai people have been living without King Rama IX for 11 days. Spending days and nights praying is now the norm for many. A difficult time, indeed. But life goes on, even when we wish it could revert and bring back the one we've lost.