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    The sex workers embraced by the wrong arms of the law

    Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 24/07/2016

    » Strolling around downtown Udon Thani, visitors quickly gain the impression it is not much different from other major cities in Thailand. The locals are genuinely friendly and the streetscape consists of the usual food stalls, mega shopping malls and night market, adding a big-city vibe to the culturally rich northeastern hub.

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    Fielding his future

    Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 22/01/2017

    » 'All I ever wanted was to play football and own a pair of good football boots," says Suvin, the seven-year-old football sensation, better known among the public as Nong Pee. "The fame and the attention I've got was never my goal."

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    Life in plastic, it’s fantastic

    Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 31/01/2016

    » ‘Rise and shine my girl, it’s time to wake up,” Prince whispers to her daughter, as they lay next to each other on the bed. After taking a shower, Prince cleans Nong Reaksap’s face, brushes her hair into ponytails and gives her a bottle of milk and a piece of bread to eat.

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    Out in the South

    Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 19/06/2016

    » Mo was born and raised in an isolated Muslim village not far from Pattani city in the South.

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    Romance, by the numbers

    Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 14/01/2018

    » Aaron is a physically active man in his late 50s. He owns a distribution company and is a widower, his wife having passed away from cancer six years ago. They were high school sweethearts. He has tried to move on and meet new women, including by signing up with a speed dating company, but says he found he was at "the bottom of the dating barrel" at such events due to his advanced age.

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    Tainted by a sordid tradition

    Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 21/05/2017

    » For Note, a 42-year-old freelance journalist in northern Thailand, there's nothing bigger or more exciting than welcoming government officials from the central office in Bangkok. The officials visit for inspections, meeting with locals and talking to the local media. The trip is usually well organised from the moment they arrive until they leave the area.

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    No sex please, we're Thai

    Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 26/02/2017

    » It started off as nothing more than a small fishing village on the Gulf of Thailand. Its long sweeping bay was dotted with a few boats and shacks where the villagers lived. Then a group of 500 American soldiers stationed at a military base in Nakhon Ratchasima were driven to Pattaya on June 29, 1959, for a week of rest and relaxation (R&R). They rented several houses at the southern end of the beach from a prominent local, Luang Sunthorn, thus opening a Pandora's box for this sleepy fishing village.

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    Tied in a knot: the Thai wives who go abroad

    Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 05/03/2017

    » After 12 years in a bad marriage, Mali, a 33-year-old woman from Kham Ta Kla in Sakon Nakhon, made a bold move that many women from her village would never dream of doing. Getting a divorce bears a heavy stigma in a culture where special emphasis is placed on remaining a virgin before marriage. It's hard to find Thai men interested in dating female divorcees.

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    Answering naturism's call

    Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 13/11/2016

    » In an isolated area of Ram Intra in Bangkok, a typical two-storey, modern Thai house sits at the end of a quiet street. House number 85 is situated in a dead-end soi with little traffic and there is not much to distinguish it from the few neighbouring homes apart from a large wooden door at the entrance to the white building. But ringing the doorbell at Baan BareFeet opens the door to a whole new world.

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    Where's the beefcake?

    B Magazine, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 14/08/2016

    » They come from across the North, and they are drawn in by one thing. Loft Bar Hero Chiang Mai has been attracting women in droves since its launched with 30 Adonis-like male models serving food and drink with nothing on but a pair of skin-tight jeans and only an apron covering their upper bodies.

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