• THAILAND

  Stars back petition to outlaw dog meat trade

  News, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 02/11/2014

  » An online campaign backed by some off Hollywood and television's biggest stars is calling on the government to outlaw the trade in dog meat and has drawn more than half a million signatures.

• THAILAND

  Failing the lecturers

  Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 20/11/2016

  » At Thepsatri Rajabhat University, a lecturer was locked out of his office after exposing alleged corruption involving the budget allocated for a field trip. His three staff were moved to other roles, and this semester his classes were reduced until he had no students to teach. Nowadays he goes to the university in the morning and signs his name, fearful he will fail his performance assessment.

• THAILAND

  Forest clampdown hurts poor

  Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 11/09/2016

  » For the past 39 years, Anutas Pleeta's family have made a living out of growing para rubber on their four-rai plantation in the southern province of Phangnga. By this time of the year, the trees would have been ready for tapping and Mr Anutas would have had more money to support his family of five, who currently live off an average income of 45,000 baht per year -- less than half the daily minimum wage -- from rubber grown on another six rai of land.

• THAILAND

  Multiple ways to fail but I managed to pass the test

  Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 16/10/2016

  » I lost my driving licence more than three years ago while walking along the streets of Asok in Bangkok. I had already stopped driving as my car had broken down and my mother had it removed from the family home (to this day, I still don't know where it is), so I hadn't bothered to get a new one.

• THAILAND

  An open road ahead

  Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 16/10/2016

  » The Department of Land Transport is getting used to visits from people looking to invest in a driving school. A decade ago, there was only one private driving school registered under the department. But that quickly changed last year when at least one person visited every week to ask about the qualifications needed to open a school. The department now answers similar queries on a daily basis.

• THAILAND

  Monopoly money under a tax

  Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 24/04/2016

  » Poom Prasit had been smoking the local Krong Thip cigarettes for the past 13 years. On the day of the announcement of the latest tobacco tax hike in February, however, he immediately decided he would switch brands. The next day, he bought a pack of SMS instead.

• THAILAND

  Waves of fear over phone tower claims

  Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 27/03/2016

  » ‘Radio waves from cell phone towers are not as harmful as you think” has become the official government tagline. It’s heard on radio spots, published in leaflets and banners on song thaew vehicles, as well as printed on billboards in front of schools and government buildings.

• THAILAND

  The magazines proving that sex still sells, even with ghosts

  Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 15/11/2015

  » A woman is raped and murdered. She stands on the side of the street, close to where it happened, seething with anger and desire for revenge. She hitchhikes a ride from a motorcycle passing by and ends up having sex with the driver. When the man wakes up, the girl is gone. Little did he know, she was a ghost.

• THAILAND

  The army camp creeps on to the uni campus

  Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 22/11/2015

  » Titipol Phakdeewanich does not discuss politics on Facebook. He was never “invited” by the military to undergo "attitude adjustment" sessions. His colleagues who teach at Ubon Ratchathani University describe him as not politically vocal, and his criticisms as not provocative or hostile, but within the boundaries determined by normal Thai politeness.

• THAILAND

  Called up in the military's charter draft

  Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 11/10/2015

  » After Meechai Ruchupan helped write a new constitution following the 1991 coup, he was criticised for paving the way for a non-elected general to be appointed prime minister.

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