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Beyond the call of duty free
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 14/02/2016
» Giant billboards advertising Lotte Duty Free surround the 150,000 square metre shopping and entertainment complex on Rama IX Road, opposite the Grand Tulip Hotel. The tourist-oriented complex is due to open in June, but behind the glass shopfronts where the duty-free stores are supposed to be, the interior is empty.
Wild cats, cocaine and claims of a police set-up
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 21/06/2015
» A calendar in the children’s room marks the number of days their mother has been in jail. Alongside it, pictures and drawings they have made of her are pinned to a large board.
Blood ran thick in long family feud
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 03/08/2014
» In July 1966, Arkom Chatchaianand, the man who helped found the Thammawattana family fortune, was shot in broad daylight after a group of gunmen burst into his office at Ying Charoen market near Don Mueang airport.
Airport Rail Link check-in likely to begin next year
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 28/10/2013
» Airline passengers will possibly be able to check in at Makkasan station of the Airport Rail Link (ARL) starting next year, as part of government plans to ease traffic congestion at the country's main airport.
UK firm: Big bags the way to go in flood prevention
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 10/02/2012
» Special flood prevention barriers should be erected instead of the concrete walls that have been proposed by industrial estates to prevent a repeat of last year's flood crisis, says the UK-based Hesco Bastion Ltd, which makes the barriers.