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Communities say the plant will devastate the organic food industry in an area where farmers and
fishers refrain from using chemicals in accordance with Islamic halal regulations.
Nicole Ghio
Campaign Representative, Sierra Club International Climate Program
No fun. No sex. No booze. No hair. No eyebrows. Could a playboy adventurer like myself find
enlightenment by binning life's materialism and becoming a Buddhist monk? Could a period of
abstinence in the remote cloisters of a Thai monastery save the cankered soul from additional rot?
Alexander Reynolds
Journalist, author and advocate for global reform of the prison system.
On June 24, 2015, we went to the police station, but to file a complaint of brutality rather than
respond to the summons against us. At last, our powerless bare hands which had been unable to
shake the junta's power began to cause them worry.
Rangsiman Rome
Rangsiman is a pro democracy activist in Thailand who engages in anti-coup d'etat movement.
Ardent Capital Director and Venture Partner Tee Suraphongchai is one of the rising VCs in the Asia
region right now. Her expertise in the finance and retail industry has helped her navigate a region
that has been seeing a lot of growth in the ecommerce sector. Startup Insider got to chat with Tee
during the Echelon Asia Summit.
Pattaya is a hellhole. Granted, I stayed there 10 years ago, but Thailand's pleasure dens aren't
known for their reformation and re...
Van Winkle's
A new website dedicated to smarter sleep & wakefulness, published by Casper.
A recent Human Rights Watch report describes how Uyghurs are unable to secure passports due to
open discrimination. Therefore, many Uyghurs are left vulnerable to human traffickers and
governments seeking China's favor when securing refuge overseas from China's repression.
Take a dip in these exceptionally stunning pools that are each situated within some of the world's
most breathtaking landscape.
Jacada Travel
The Experts in Inspired, Luxury Travel to Latin America, Africa, Asia and the Polar Regions
It was a special moment, to be sure, watching this very quiet, private ritual in a residential area

2. outside of Bangkok -- a moment our guides had arranged for us on a tour designed to show us daily
life in Thailand. We were guests on a trip to showcase a new travel option in Thailand: campervan
rentals.
It seems an obvious thing to do, right? I mean why shouldn't research be used to help alleviate the
struggles of some of the world's most vulnerable people? Well, as it turns out, researchers do not
exactly have the greatest ethics track record when it relates to working with those most vulnerable.
Is there a promising new drug or combination of drugs on the horizon? I asked Professor Nicholas
Day, Director of the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit in Thailand.
While Mr. Obama was having his "best week" in office, according to the mainstream media, the
biggest blot on his time in office erupted in protest in South Florida over the Dominican Republic's
drive to disenfranchise more than 200,000 people of Haitian descent and drive them into
statelessness.
Brian Ross
Managing Editor, Truth-2-Power.com and pioneering ezine editor of the first sports ezine,
MLNSports
Trendcasters scouting for in-the-know teens need not visit Bangkok. Apparently, in 2015, the edgy
youths of Thailand's capital have only just caught wind of Sizzurp, a.k.a. Purple Drank. Welcome to
the mid-aughts, Thailand.
Van Winkle's
A new website dedicated to smarter sleep & wakefulness, published by Casper.
South Beach, bringing the heat. Well, actually, close to South Beach but away from the fray, and
whimsically dressed up in mid-century Art Deco--that's what this Thompson has to offer.
Joy Pecknold
Fashion and travel writer, Passport blog editor for Kiwi Collection
"Come on, Alec, let's do it!" "Okay Liz, let's cash in our savings, pack our bags, and hit the road."
Meet Alec and Liz, two NYC professionals who quit their jobs and tossed their armchair to the curb.
Jack Meyer
PR Intern FIAF NYC, Graduate Ursinus College
(Washington, D.C.) -- In the late 1970s, Jesuit Fr. Pedro Arrupe, then Superior General of the Society
of Jesus, was so moved by the dangerous ocean j...
As a spa professional I am often highly disappointed in the level of service delivered at Five-Star
spas and resorts. I'm an American living in Ba...