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Mission tanks as rescuers try to save sharks from bar
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 28/08/2016
» Bali-based marine rescue worker Paul Friese found it hard to take the day off work when he came to Bangkok on a visa run last month.
Bigotry on the boil over halal project
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 13/03/2016
» Muslim businessman Kavinthorn Wongluekiat, 62, was born and bred in Chiang Mai and hopes he can make his home town prosperous for generations to come. As chairman of the Chiang Mai Islamic Committee (CMIC), Mr Kavinthorn is the driver of a plan to build a halal industrial estate on the outskirts of Chiang Mai which he says would generate tens of billion in baht in annual exports.
Islanders left drowning under a sea of waste
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 28/06/2015
» For the casual day-tripper to Koh Lan, the island off bustling Pattaya is a picture postcard destination of rolling hills, pristine waters and white sand beaches.
On the trail with Bangkok's No 1 ladies' detective agency
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 15/03/2015
» When Amnuaiporn “Kung” Maneewan first graduated in 1995, her only ambition was to find a well-paid job. The answer to her dreams was just around the corner, and she managed to land a position as an accountant at the IBS law firm, near her home in the Ram Intra area of Bangkok.
Prepare to hail the end of taxi frustration
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 30/11/2014
» For commuters like Pornsawan “Uh” Srisuwanna, being rejected by taxi drivers is a daily frustration.
Deep divisions in fight over mine
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 08/06/2014
» When gold-bearing copper was discovered in them there hills, Loei villagers were expected to let the company walk in and take it. And they did, until their crops failed, their water was no longer fit to drink and their neighbours began getting sick, very sick.
Stuck in the middle with you
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 02/06/2013
» There are more than 7.5 million registered vehicles on the roads of Bangkok, almost one for every resident of a city of nine million people.