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Beam me up please, Scotty
Published on 26/05/2024
» With a rhonchi-like sound in their throats as a signal from five Lord Buddhas, a man and a woman duo in Udon Thani claim they can cure sick people using a celestial frequency.
CIB mulls temple fund investigations
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 21/05/2023
» The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) has assigned the Anti-Corruption Division (ACD) to work with the National Office of Buddhism (NOB) to put an end to financial crimes and sexual misconduct by monks.
Mystical ties
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 28/02/2019
» Before the Sun rose over the Pattani River, one community in the city of Pattani were widely awake or perhaps didn't sleep from the night before. The old quarter was known as Chinatown Pattani. Last Tuesday, it was crowded with thousands of people from many parts of the country as well as visitors from Malaysia. They came to join the annual celebration of Chao Mae Lim Ko Nieo, the revered Chinese goddess.
Abbot urges return to Buddhist basics
News, Nauvarat Suksamran, Published on 02/12/2017
» The "change money" scandal has shaken Buddhism to its core while sounding a wake-up call for Buddhists, as well as the clergy, to cast aside the excessive ceremonial facade and embrace a calmer side that is the kernel of the religion.
Scripture schools feed dreams
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 09/09/2017
» Buddhist-oriented "scripture schools" are often the only source of education for young boys from impoverished families in Thailand that cannot afford a state education, but these traditional teaching bases have for years suffered from neglect and a lack of funding.
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.
Through a screen darkly
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 13/11/2016
» In recent years, if you are Thai, you may have encountered an argument about which social class you belong to or how you define others -- probably as a nationalist, liberal, conservative, pro-military, royalist, red or yellow.
School's in for the elderly
News, Saiarun Pinaduang, Published on 02/07/2016
» Statistics that show the number of retirees is growing is raising alarm bells around the country as authorities try to understand how to deal with elderly people, both their physical and mental states.
Supreme showdown
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 06/03/2016
» As two feuding camps clash over the nomination of the new supreme patriarch, the government has been caught in the crossfire.
Elite students receive a lesson in self-censorship
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 31/01/2016
» Teeraporn Suwanvidhu had a tough decision to make five years ago as president of the Thai Student Association in the UK: remove an article, or lose all support from the Thai Embassy next year.