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A model for ethical poultry
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 16/10/2024
» While chicken on a plate may look perfect, the reality of its life in a factory farm is totally different. Factory farmed chickens are crammed into overcrowded and stressful environments, which leads to fear and anxiety. Many of these chickens are also overweight, which makes them unable to even walk or move as their legs are deformed.
A Thai actor takes the stage at Cannes
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 22/05/2024
» In a dreary rural town in Taiwan, illegal Southeast Asian workers live a precarious existence toiling away in farms or homes while enduring tough bosses and prying authorities. Most of them are from the Philippines or Indonesia, but there are also a large number from Myanmar and Thailand.
Very soft Thai power in the making
Life, Apinan Poshyananda, Published on 20/09/2023
» Since the recent return of Thaksin Shinawatra after 15 years of self-exile to Bangkok and the parliamentary selection of Srettha Thavisin as Thailand's 30th prime minister on the same day, politics and culture have unfolded with drama and excitement.
Bang the drum slowly
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 26/05/2022
» Despite the hot weather in the ancient town of Lamphun, a large crowd of Buddhist votaries gathered at the foot of Tha Nang Bridge to welcome the annual Klong Luang (Lanna-style big drum) contest back after a two-year hiatus as part of the seven-day Phra That Hariphunchai Bathing Festival to mark Visakha Bucha Day.
Deep in the paradox
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 25/05/2022
» In Cairo, a religious student at the prestigious Al-Azhar Islamic University is recruited by secret police to infiltrate a Muslim Brotherhood cell. In Mashad, a holy city in Iran, a serial killer prowls a seedy suburb and strangles head-scarfed prostitutes. In the first film, bloodlust officials torture dissidents with abandon. In the second film, religion is evoked and the name of God is cited as a justification for murder. This begs the obvious question: Will Boy From Heaven be banned in Egypt, and Holy Spider Iran?
Preventing the next pandemic
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 02/12/2020
» A lot of effort has been made by people around the world to find ways to stop the current pandemic from impacting the planet. Since Covid-19 is a viral illness, it knows nothing about man-made borders as it leaves doctors and frontline healthcare workers scrambling to contain it. Yet, there's another front in this fight; infectious diseases researchers, also known as virus hunters, who are trying to find viruses before they find us. One such person is American scientist Dr Kendra Phelps, a field researcher and ecologist who stars in an upcoming National Geographic documentary titled Virus Hunters which is set to premiere in Thailand tomorrow.
When the gibbons call
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 13/06/2019
» The call of gibbons was louder when we went further inside the forest area of Mo Singto in Khao Yai National Park, which covers 2,165km² in four provinces in the central and northeastern regions.
The smart way to listen to your body
Life, Noko, Published on 28/05/2019
» Instead of following fad diets, look into your biomarkers and metabolism in order to find out what your body really needs.
Depopulating the pigeons
Life, Story: Nanticha Ocharoenchai, Published on 08/10/2018
» State measures to reduce the pigeon population in Bangkok as well as legal protocols cracking down on bird feeders do not prevent the kind-hearted from showing their love for the animals by feeding them.
Not just kids' stuff
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 23/01/2018
» Some diseases are branded as a threat only among children. The rotavirus infection is one of them. With statistics worldwide finding rotavirus responsible for 50% of diarrhoea cases in young children, we somehow underestimate the consequences it might bring to our entire population.