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No 'one-size fits all' model suited for lockdowns, experts say
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 25/07/2021
» Thailand is struggling with soaring Covid-19 infections with more than 14,000 new cases a day. The Public Health Ministry has flagged a tougher lockdown like the one imposed by the Chinese government in Wuhan last year as it mulls how to tackle the fast-spreading Delta variant.
Men describe rape, torture by Sri Lanka government
Associated Press, Published on 09/11/2017
» LONDON: One of the men tortured in Sri Lanka said he was held for 21 days in a small dank room where he was raped 12 times, burned with cigarettes, beaten with iron rods and hung upside-down.
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.
The GT200 on trial
Spectrum, Published on 18/08/2013
» The criminal trial of GT200 manufacturer Gary Bolton in London showed not only how he had fraudulently sold his ineffective "bomb detectors" to Thailand and other countries at a price 1,100 times their production cost, but also how British government agencies had assisted him in his sales.
Can Myanmar cinema get a second act?
Spectrum, Published on 14/07/2013
» During its 93-year history, Myanmar's film industry has experienced more than its fair share of ups and downs. However, to say that its downward spiral began following the 1962 coup that brought the military and a socialist regime to power _ as many commentators contend _ isn't entirely accurate. Total shutdowns preceded the coup and an arguably more sinister atmosphere developed decades afterwards it.
Flood aid refusal 'was self defeating'
Spectrum, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 29/04/2012
» British ambassador Asif Ahmad has offered a forthright critique of the government's handling of last year's flood crisis, saying it should have asked for international help and better communicated information to the public.