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Legends save lives
Life, Chairat Chongvattanakij, Published on 26/08/2024
» One sunny morning in late 2004, the Moken people of the Surin Islands in the Andaman Sea witnessed an alarming phenomenon -- the seawaters suddenly receded even as the placid weather remained unchanged. For Moken elders, this was a harbinger of the Laboon, the furious god of the waves who is said to wreak devastation once every two generations. The entire community evacuated to higher ground.
Preserving heritage
Life, Chairat Chongvattanakij, Published on 05/07/2023
» The heart of a community encapsulates its cherished history and aspirations. And in the dynamic community of Samchuk Market in Suphan Buri, that beating heart is surely Baan Khun Jamnong Jeenarak.
Turning to tech for help
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 23/11/2020
» Married to an abusive man, Nang* experienced physical abuse by her husband on several occasions. In fact, the physical violence affected her brain and movement to the point where she cannot turn her head normally and suffers from head tremors from time to time. To prevent her children from becoming victims of domestic violence, she urged them to move out but decided to stay with her husband because she claimed that if she left him, nobody would take care of him as everyone in his family had already abandoned him.
Protecting national treasures
Life, Montakarn Suvanatap, Published on 02/09/2019
» Popular culture tends to depict art and antique collectors as evil thieves who rob priceless treasures belonging to all of humanity. Nonetheless, many collectors and private museums say they collect for the purpose of preservation, because national entities do not have the capacity to safeguard rare objects from destruction by environmental harm and war, the actual thieves in their view.