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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.
Secret sanctum helps abbot take refuge
News, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 05/06/2016
» Wat Phra Dhammakaya bills itself as a place where devotees can escape the troubles of the outside world. It's a philosophy the temple's controversial abbot, facing arrest on money laundering charges, appears to have taken quite literally.
Sadistic killer’s web of lies revealed
News, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 26/04/2015
» More than eight years after the sadistic murder of a Patpong barmaid, policeman Nopadol Kampeekaek was facing the likelihood it would remain an unsolved cold case.
Where tourists mill, there's a Segway
News, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 08/02/2015
» Police are taking to two wheels — and enlisting four-legged friends — as they roll out a new strategy to boost public confidence in the wake of last week's Paragon twin bombings.