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Something's brewing
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 15/01/2017
» A fortune teller suggested Puripong Suthisopapan and his business partner focus on selling beer when they opened their Be Right Back restaurant in Khon Kaen over a year ago. Starting only with one refrigerator, most of the beer they sold was illegally home-brewed as Thai law prohibits small-scale brewing.
A kick in the teeth
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 30/10/2016
» Every time Dr Somjit peers inside a new mouth, she's worried what she might find. In the past six years of providing orthodontic treatment, she has seen about 100 cases of teeth gone wrong.
Firms fear boycott over monkey spat
News, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 08/11/2015
» Coconut businesses have lashed out over fears their products could be boycotted due to concerns of monkey abuse in the industry.
Brewing up trouble with Bangkok's rebel beer buffs
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 17/05/2015
» Dubbed Thailand’s “Silicon Valley” of brewers among the craft beer community, Nonthaburi province is where it all began. It was where Wichit Saiklao, an army colonel, started Chitbeer, after two attempts at brewing in his condominium failed. It was also where all eight members of the Sandport beer collective grew up, while a major malt importer has an office in Pak Kret district. The island of Koh Kret even hosts beer-tasting nights on Fridays.
Teflon Thailand starts to flake
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 12/04/2015
» It’s almost noon and the Toyota saleswoman still hasn’t seen her first customer. Thaiyont, a Toyota dealership in Chon Buri’s Muang district, used to serve at least eight customers a day. But these days, they are lucky to have two.
Meeting resistance: the hard road of opposition in exile
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 15/06/2014
» After waiting for 90 minutes at the hotel for the man who many in the Thai establishment consider the “most dangerous mind” in politics, a white Toyota Fortuner rumbles to the entrance.
Vibhavadi aims for gold in Samut Sakhon
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 14/05/2014
» The SET-listed Vibhavadi Medical Center (VIBHA), operator of Vibhavadi General Hospital, is set to open a new hospital in Samut Sakhon province next year to tap the low-end market.
Industrial estates set to go green
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 30/01/2014
» German consultant Andreas Koenig has been hired by the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) to help develop eco-industrial parks.
Toy story seeks happy ending
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 28/01/2014
» Wearing a white uniform and blue apron, a female worker operates a machine that imprints eyes, nose and mouth on to a doll's face.
Shutdown may hamper but not paralyse goods transport
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 09/01/2014
» Logistics service providers remain optimistic the transport of goods will not be completely paralysed by the planned Bangkok shutdown by anti-government protesters from next Monday, citing experience with previous turmoil.