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Bangkok chefs charity gala dinner and auction
Life, Published on 23/07/2014
» The 2014 Bangkok Chefs Charity Gala Dinner and Auction, one of the year’s most celebrated grand gastronomic affairs, prosperously wrapped up on Monday night with 14.5 million baht raised from the auctions, donations and ticket sales. The funds will help support the improvement of education and well-being of underprivileged schoolchildren in remote areas of Thailand.
Eat, sleep, cricket
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 23/07/2014
» Roi Et rice farmer Sawai Promkot, 56, was all ears when he heard his neighbours had started earning an extra income from selling field crickets, three years ago.
The good egg
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 23/07/2014
» In the remote village of Baan Huai Nam Yen, in Chiang Rai, many hill tribe farmers are doing their best to take care of their chickens. They have built coops far from the community and roads to ensure that their fowl live in peace. They feed the chicken with clean rice grains, beans and even insects. After meals, the chickens are allowed to roam freely around fruit plantations, grazing for food and stretching their legs before their next mealtime.
HIV infected ‘face workplace stigma’
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 23/07/2014
» Stigma and discrimination against HIV-infected employees are still commonplace in Thai society despite laws to protect human rights, a study has found.
Through a glass sparkly
Krissana Parnsoonthorn, Published on 23/07/2014
» Wine glasses contribute to the enjoyment of wine no less than the quality of the wine inside. Matching the right glass to the right grape can enhance the aroma and taste of wine, and Riedel, a 250-year-old wine glass maker from Austria, knows this magic quite well.