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Kicking the habit
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 02/07/2024
» To become a professional footballer requires commitment, discipline and consistent training. As a result, most footballers have both physical and mental strength. However, some footballers are vulnerable to gambling and struggle with addiction.
Football manga brightens city park
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 17/11/2021
» Hidden in the heart of Bangkok, a road-side pocket park is an unlikely place to come across three footballers -- Chanathip Songkrasin, Theerathon Bunmathan and Sittichok Paso -- who are now playing for the Japan Professional Football League.
The road ahead
Life, Nor Aquino-Gonzales, Published on 19/06/2019
» On Friday (June 21), Adul Sam-on, one of the boys saved from Chiang Rai's Tham Luang Cave, will turn 15. Last year, two days after his birthday, he joined his coach and fellow soccer players in their exploration of the fifth-longest cave in Thailand. Little did Adul or anyone else know that the previous year could have been his last. So his birthday celebration this year is a testament to the miraculous rescue after an 18-day ordeal in the 10km-long cave.
Out of the cave, onto the screen
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 03/05/2019
» The story that gripped the world last year, the rescue of the Wild Boars from Thum Luang cave in Chiang Rai, will make its way to Netflix soon, the Culture Ministry announced on Tuesday at a press conference.
Diving into the cave
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 09/01/2019
» Of all the films scheduled to come out in 2019, one will return Thailand to the headlines. Various projects based on last year's dramatic rescue of the 12 Wild Boars footballers and their coach have been touted, and now a Thai film has completed principle photography and is going through post-production.
The plight of the stateless
Life, Story: Paskorn Jumlongrach, Published on 14/08/2018
» Thanom's ancestors lived in what was Siamese territory, near Bang Saphan district in Prachuap Khiri Khan, over a century ago. Back then Burma, to the west, was a British colony and people who lived along the border crossed back and forth without much difficulty. When state boundaries were redrawn during the reign of King Rama V, his family was stuck on the other side. As a young man Thanom was a cattle herder, and he travelled around Karen villages to buy cattle and buffaloes and crossed over to sell them on the Thai side. When he started this job, a cow was just 20 baht and a buffalo was 50 baht.