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Engineering faith: BYU grad from Thailand shares journey of conversion

January 19, 2024 12:00 AM
Boongkey Kittiyopas Freeze is a mother, valedictorian, mechanical engineer, medical device researcher and convert to The Church Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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North Korean defectors now living in Utah release new book about their escape

October 19, 2023 12:00 AM
She thought he was going away on business. He knew he would be leaving North Korea.
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Church takes precautions against Coronavirus

February 29, 2020 12:00 AM
The Church is taking cautionary steps against the Coronavirus, including discouraging international travel to the April 2020 General Conference, postponing or reassigning missionaries to certain countries and adjusting Sunday and temple worship schedules in high-risk areas.
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Provo startup encourages shift from 'swipe generation' through travel

November 22, 2019 12:00 AM
Krissy Weekley has always had a passion for travel.
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Alex Morgan has 5 goals as US routs Thailand 13-0

June 12, 2019 12:00 AM
United States' Alex Morgan, left, celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Women's World Cup Group F soccer match between United States and Thailand at the Stade Auguste-Delaune in Reims, France, Tuesday, June 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Thai rescuers find missing boys and coach alive in cave

July 02, 2018 12:00 AM
MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — Rescuers found all 12 boys and their soccer coach alive deep inside a partially flooded cave in northern Thailand on July 2, more than a week after they disappeared and touched off a desperate search that drew international help and captivated the nation.
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BYU religion teacher's conversion, missions and life shaped by optimism

May 26, 2016 12:00 AM
Michael Goodman, a BYU Religion Professor, served two missions in Thailand - first as a missionary a year after his conversion, and then as a mission president from 1997 to 2000. Here, he and his family greet President Gordon B. Hinckley who visited the mission. (Michael Goodman)
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College students have a hand in fighting human trafficking

May 24, 2016 12:00 AM
Students at BYU are taking initiative and getting involved in important issues such as anti-human trafficking. Many clubs exist to help provide these opportunities. (Natalie Stoker)
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Missionary safety a goal, not a guarantee

April 05, 2016 12:00 AM
Mormon missionary Mason Wells, an American survivor of the attacks in Belgium, answers questions during an interview in a hospital in Ghent before returning to Utah. (Associated Press)
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Obama holds first summit in US with Southeast Asian leaders

February 16, 2016 12:00 AM
President Barack Obama delivers opening remarks at the plenary session meeting of ASEAN, the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations, at the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage, Calif., for Monday, Feb. 15, 2016. (Associated Press)
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BYU grad one step closer to winning $20,000 at entrepreneur competition

January 27, 2016 12:00 AM
Daniel McConkie shakes hands with a board member of the Utah Entrepreneurs' Organization after advancing from the regional Global Student Entrepreneur Awards competition. (Shaun Ritchie)
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Global supermarkets selling shrimp peeled by slaves

December 14, 2015 12:00 AM
In this Monday, Nov. 9, 2015 photo, a Thai soldier stands between abandoned work stations during a raid on a shrimp shed in Samut Sakhon, Thailand. One woman said she had been working in the peeling factory for eight years. Another man said he ended up peeling shrimp there after breaking free from an equally brutal site. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
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BYU graduate students win Boren Fellowhip to study abroad

June 19, 2012 12:00 AM
Two BYU graduate students will ship off to countries around the world to study language immersion and national security issues with the funding they received from winning the David L. Boren Fellowship.
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