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Screening a deadly disease
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 02/07/2025
» When celebrated actor, Natthawut "Poh" Skidjai, revealed on his YouTube channel @PohSakidAey that his wife Aey Pornthip had been diagnosed with stage one lung cancer after an annual health checkup, the video worried many viewers because Aey does not smoke.
A better way forward
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 29/11/2022
» Bangkok has an image of a gay-friendly city, but LGBTI still face discrimination.
Empire of joy
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 31/05/2021
» The midday sun is almost unbearable. During the dry season, farmlands crack. Nothing is growing. It is hard to imagine that the area along Highway 2074 (the Buri Ram-Nang Rong road) in Khu Muang district in Buri Ram province can one day become fertile land.
Ganja -- a future cash crop?
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 22/03/2021
» After retiring as a school teacher two years ago, Wilai Kampilool, now 62, spends his time farming. His house is located in Ban Sok Nak, in tambon Hin Lek Fai in Buri Ram's Khu Muang district. The village has recently become a destination for those who want to learn about or see ganja (marijuana) plants.
Jewellery designer Yupadee, dead of Covid at 51, remembered
New York Times, Published on 18/06/2020
» Yupadee Kobkulboonsiri made fantastical jewellery — neck cuffs with silver springs ending in pearls that looked like asteroids, necklaces that looped over a shoulder and erupted in diamonds and pearls. She won awards at every trade competition she entered.
Flower Power
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 20/01/2020
» Soon after Miss Philippine Catriona Gray was announced Miss Universe 2018, she received the coveted crown as well as a stylist bouquet that was the talk of the town due to its distinctive design. This exquisite pageant bouquet featured purple Thai orchids and various other flowers in the same shades. In her white crown, flowers were used to replace ribbons. Inspired by the Great Naga, the white base cloth of the bouquet was a unique design adorned with pearls.
'E Chor! E Chor!' Pants suit sets House alight, breast pics alert
News, Mae Moo, Published on 16/06/2019
» Outspoken Future Forward Party spokeswoman and list MP Pannika "Chor" Wanich is full of compliments for netizens' cheeky imitation versions of a now-famous suit she wore to parliament early this month, which helped trigger a personal spat with two women politicians who thought it out of keeping with mourning wear.
Hopes pinned on TagThai potential
Business, Walailak Keeratipipatpong, Published on 04/03/2019
» When the mobile app TagThai becomes available for service in April, it could be the country's first official digital platform created collaboratively by a number of public and private agencies to bolster tourism and stakeholders in this lucrative industry.
Crisis vs tradition
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 05/02/2019
» Like many other Thai-Chinese descendants living in Thailand, Pornthip Thongprasert is looking forward to Chinese New Year, when she can pay respect to Chinese gods and her ancestors. But this year she faces a tough decision. With the hazardous PM2.5 smog that has been wreaking havoc on the city for weeks, whether or not to keep alive the tradition of burning incense sticks, candles and joss papers that would increasingly pollute the air puts her in two minds.
Art and coup: Four years and counting
Life, Ariane Sutthavong, Published on 23/05/2018
» Tuesday marked the fourth anniversary of the May 2014 coup d'etat. While it continues to underpin the political landscape, the coup also sparked an unprecedented rise in Thai artworks with political messages. A new political art exhibition took place almost every month since May 2014.