By Citylife | Thu 12 Mar 2020
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Born into poverty, Phanngan Sommana, has turned her humble beginnings into a powerhouse of achievements and success.
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There are fish in the water and rice in the fields. This classic Thai idiom has been repeated ad inifinitum to children as they grow up.
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Dr. Kittiwan Thiamkaew, a psychiatrist counsels Thai/farang couples to help them with cross-cultural misunderstandings and stress.
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Doing the Mae Sai border run can be a bit of an ordeal crammed onto a local bus but Hakan Jakob Kosar has found a way of doing it with a bit more panache.
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