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Driving trailer trucks is one of the better-paid jobs which have survived the Covid-19 pandemic and more women have been getting behind the wheel. A profession traditionally dominated by men, its doors are slowly opening to wives and mothers who have shattered the gender glass celing. As the job market dries up because of the Covid-19 crisis, many women are looking for secure work with steady pay to supplement the family income, even if it lands them in unfamiliar territory. On her work days, Natthinan Sawasdi, 37, gets into the driver's seat of a 18 or 22-wheel trailer truck belonging to the Mon Transport company based in Laem Chabang port in Chon Buri. She picks up freight from customers, most of them in neighbouring Rayong, and brings it back to the port for export. She covers a distance of around 200km on each return trip, and doesn't find the job too stressful. Employed in October last year, Ms Natthinan said she has grown more confident in handling large trucks and her ... » Learn More about Muscling in on male territory

Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James (23) celebrates with his teammates after they defeated the Los Angeles Clippers in an NBA basketball game Thursday, July 30, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Mike Ehrmann/Pool Photo via AP) LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida— LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers showed some rust. They knocked it off with time to spare. Anthony Davis scored 34 points, James had the go-ahead basket with 12.8 seconds left and the Lakers moved closer to clinching the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference playoffs by topping the Los Angeles Clippers 103-101 on Thursday night in the second game of the NBA’s re-opening doubleheader. James had 16 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists to help the Lakers move 6 1/2 games ahead of the Clippers in the West with seven games remaining. Kyle Kuzma added 16 points. “It felt like a real game to me, two teams battling. … Can’t complain for the first game,” Davis said. Paul George had 30 points and Kawhi Leonard scored 28 for the ... » Learn More about LeBron’s go-ahead basket lifts Lakers past Clippers in restart

The karate and taekwondo national associations are all set for the training bubble set up by the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) to fast-track the country’s preparations for next year’s Tokyo Olympics. “I’m looking forward that our taekwondo athletes will be able to resume training and prepare for the Olympic qualifying tournament,” Stephen Fernandez of the Philippine Taekwondo Association told the Inquirer late Sunday. National athletes from combat sports who have either already qualified for the Olympics or are close to qualifying will be the first ones allowed in the bubble at Inspire Sports Academy in Laguna province in January. And for Karate Pilipinas president Ricky Lim, it will be a culmination of a long wait. “Actually we are one of the first who asked for that (bubble training) and we were supposed to go in at Inspire Sports Academy on Dec. 1, but we were not able to get clearance from the IATF (Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious ... » Learn More about Taekwondo, karate back Inspire training

The national police are investigating what they say is a new illicit drug cocktail suspected of being linked to 6 deaths in Bangkok on Sunday. While autopsy results declaring the cause of death have not been released yet, police say 6 people in Bangkok died on the same day apparently after consuming the drug mixture “K powdered milk.” National police chief Suwat Jangyodsuk says the incident where so many people died on the same day, and possibly from the same drug, has never happened before. 5 of the 6 people who died in the Wat Phraya Krai district with a white powdered drug found at the scenes, according to Metropolitan Police Bureau chief Phukphong Phongpetra. Media reports have been conflicting regarding the number of people who may have died after taking “K powdered milk.” Some media outlets have reported 6 to 7 deaths suspected of being linked to the drug cocktail while Pattaya News reports 9 deaths in Bangkok from “unknown reasons,” presumably from overdosing on the narcotic ... » Learn More about National police investigate narcotic drug cocktail suspected of causing 6 deaths in Bangkok

Samut Sakhon – The Samut Sakhon provincial governor’s health condition is improving, with him recovering and being examined for his antibiotics to consider whether he should receive a Covid-19 vaccination, said Prof. Dr. Prasit Watanapa, Dean of Faculty of Medicine at Siriraj Hospital. The professor said that Governor Weerasak Wichitsangsri is now being able to function on his own, able to breathe normally without any respiratory equipment, and able to eat and speak normally. His symptoms have gradually improved during the past week but the close supervision of medics is still needed. “Only his muscle functions still need to be treated. The medical team is considering if the governor could have his rehabilitation at home or at Siriraj Hospital. It all depends on his further recovery,” Dr. Prasit stated. The governor has been hospitalized for over two months after being tested positive for Covid-19 on December 28th, 2020, when he and other senior government officials, including ... » Learn More about Samut Sakhon provincial governor is gradually recovering, able to walk, eat, talk on his own, says Siriraj Hospital professor

A Thai Vietjet passenger has been arrested after allegedly saying that Thai Vietjet “should be bombed” at Phuket international airport on Monday. Thai National Mike Wims, 26, was due to board Thai Vietjet flight VZ305 from Phuket to Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok on 16 November when the incident occurred, reports the Bangkok Post . As he was handing his boarding pass to Jitphisut Phrom-in, a member of the airline’s ground staff, Wims allegedly said: “I think this airline plane should be bombed.” Worried by the comment, she asked her colleague Wallapa Bamroongrak to immediately inform the airport’s chief of staff and security team. Local police were then alerted to the incident at around 12.50pm, according to Police Chief Lt Col Kaken Nikrahatchai. Police say Wilms admitted to making the comment, and blamed it on a “slip of the tongue” after losing his temper due to the flight being delayed. Lt Col Kaken said the passenger had been charged under the Air Transport Act, ... » Learn More about Thai Vietjet Passenger Arrested for Making Bomb Joke to Staff Member

A physiotherapist at Mahidol University reports a growing number of Thailand’s youth, are suffering “trigger finger.” from too much smartphone use. Trigger finger is muscle-related problem. At risk are those who use phones for prolonged periods, bending their necks and elbows and tapping fingers on screens to text long messages. This can result in fingers, wrists, shoulders and even necks becoming “locked” in one position, with associated pain. “We’ve found that the ages of our patients are getting lower, since [students] are spending more hours on smartphones and computers,” Chutiphon Thammachari, a physiotherapist at Mahidol University’s Faculty of Physical Therapy, said on Monday. Smartphones users suffering from Trigger finger In a growing trend over the past two years, more young patients — mostly students aged between 20 and 22 — are seeking treatments for muscle and tendon inflammation at the university’s Physical Therapy Centre. In the past, the majority of ... » Learn More about Youth in Thailand Suffering from “Trigger Finger” from Smartphone Use

There is a very popular saying explaining the significance of yoga which goes like, “yoga is the journey of self, through the self, to the self,” The development and regular routine in conjunction with yoga goes back many numbers of years ago. Yoga comes from an exquisite history of being an art form that benefits people in a profound way. Irrespective of whether someone has joined a yoga class like yoga teacher training in Rishikesh to meet new people or just to practice the correct way of doing yoga, one thing is sure and that is the medical benefits being offered by this course. Yoga is a practice that is centred on the mental, physical and spiritual benefits. In addition to extending the muscle adaptability, enhancing the muscle tone, improving cardiovascular, yoga is a practice that has the potential to change the life of people in a major way. One of the major benefits of yoga is that change it brings about in the composition of the brain. It has the power to significantly ... » Learn More about How Yoga Can Help Your to Change Your Brain for the Better