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China Southern opens quicker Bangkok-Mexico route
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 17/03/2017
» China Southern Airlines will offer a new flight option from Bangkok to Mexico City, one that will significantly cut travel time between both ends.
Our top 10 stories in a year that will be hard to forget
Spectrum, Published on 25/12/2016
» Over the past year 'Spectrum' has reported a wide range of issues to give readers valuable insights. Our reporter ambushed the monk who helped Leicester City to their shock English Premier League title to get an exclusive. Another reporter blended in with Chinese yuppies in the new business district of Bangkok to find out why they decided to migrate to Thailand. Two reporters did a series of stories on the Tiger Temple by hanging out with the veterinarian, monks and national park officers to listen to all sides. We were determined to find the truth. Last month we also went up to Chiang Mai to talk to Hmong girls wrongly accused of stealing a British tourist's watch. Here are the top 10 stories in another exciting year of reporting.
Fond memories of Brazil's coffee culture
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 07/08/2016
» With the Rio Olympics finally under way, I can't get out of my head the old Frank Sinatra song that starts: "Way down among Brazilians/Coffee beans grow by the billions …" It was entitled The Coffee Song and a big hit when I was a kid back in the Stone Age. In fact, that song just about summed up my knowledge of Brazil in those days.
Dance to a world record
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 05/02/2015
» Ripley's Believe It Or Not Museum is inviting interested couples to contest the "World's Longest Dance Marathon" in order to try and set a new world record.
A tribute to floral Thailand
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 18/12/2014
» Beautiful flowers never fail to fascinate. Besides the country's landscaped gardens, there are many scenic routes and places in Thailand where you can visit to admire floral beauty. Quite often, the flowers in the wilderness or along the roads, look much livelier and impressive than those in neatly trimmed gardens.