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Army deserters in dire battle to hunt for homes abroad
Spectrum, Published on 08/04/2012
» Ko Aung is worried. He's read and heard about the reforms in Myanmar. The by-elections are over, and Aung San Suu Kyi's National League of Democracy (NLD) won 43 of 44 seats. The international community, including UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, welcomed the result.
Life's a beach for condo markets in pattaya and hua hin
Spectrum, Published on 01/04/2012
» Condominiums in Pattaya and Hua Hin are popular with Thais and foreigners, reflecting the appeal of the two seaside resort towns near Bangkok. The majority of buyers in Pattaya are foreigners, while Thais buy most of the condominiums in Cha-am and Hua Hin. The Pattaya condominium market is busier, especially in terms of new launches, mainly because the land area in Pattaya exceeds that of Cha-am and Hua Hin by about 600%.
Greying market holds major potential for developers with the right approach
Spectrum, Published on 25/03/2012
» Amid growing end-user demand for condominiums in Bangkok, developers must pay more attention to buyers' needs and requirements. Newly launched projects tend to follow a generic development model that satisfies broader market requirements in terms of unit type, size, grade, pricing and style. Under this model, small one and two bedroom units target low to middle income buyers and larger units target the higher income group.
Bringing hearts and Seoul to Thailand
Spectrum, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 26/02/2012
» When 54 South Korean teachers arrived in Thailand on Sept 28 last year, their culture shock was compounded by the flooding disaster under way then. Many of the teachers, here on a government sponsored exchange programme, saw their classes postponed and some were left to wonder just what they were doing here. Called "volunteer" teachers by the Thai government, they are in fact paid instructors on wages equivalent to those of Thai junior teachers _ around 10,000 baht a month.
Valentine's Day bombs: a farce with deadly implications
Spectrum, Post Reporters, Published on 19/02/2012
» To one neighbour of the three Iranian bombing suspects who sent Bangkok into a frenzy last week, the most unforgivable act they committed during their stay was not mowing the lawn in front of their humble rented home.
Salvaging a Buddhist sanctuary
Spectrum, Tunya Sukpanich, Published on 05/02/2012
» A mong the major casualties of the recent floods was the 2,500-rai Buddhamonthon ("Buddhist park") religious park in Nakhon Pathom province. Today the park scarcely resembles the former green spiritual and recreational sanctuary in the shadow of Bangkok. The meticulously landscaped lawns are now covered with a thick layer of dried brown leaves and dead branches from trees and shrubs killed or severely shocked by the floodwaters that covered the park grounds for weeks. Many big trees were uprooted and still lie where they fell.
At first taste of freedom, dreams of a new path
Spectrum, Published on 29/01/2012
» It was Jan 12, the night before they were freed. Pyone Cho, a leading member of the 88 Generation Students Group detained in the remote Kawthaung Prison in southern Myanmar's Tenasserim Division, was immersed in a weekly journal when a prison guard he hadn't noticed standing in front of his cell asked him what he was reading.
Going with feng shui flow makes practical sense
Spectrum, Published on 29/01/2012
» December and January usually indicate a low season for property sales as Thais celebrate the traditional New Year and the Chinese New Year. Thais and Chinese have close ties culturally, and these days many Thais seem to believe in Chinese astrology and feng shui.
Rising youth crime levels confound justice system
Spectrum, Tunya Sukpanich, Published on 22/01/2012
» On Jan 11, five teenagers in Si Sa Ket province were arrested for shooting and killing an innocent woman. They later confessed to police that they were involved in a conflict with other teenagers in the village and one of them, in a rage, got hold of a gun and fired randomly into the woman's house, killing her.
Taxi drivers stuck in reverse
Spectrum, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 15/01/2012
» Earlier this month, the government reached a compromise to increase the price of compressed natural gas (CNG) by just 50 satang per kilogramme starting tomorrow. In a concession to angry transport operators, Deputy Prime Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong dropped the original plan to increase the price of CNG _ more commonly known known as NGV (natural gas for vehicles) _ at the rate of 50 satang a month for 12 months until it reached 14.50 baht a kilogramme. Mr Kittiratt has promised further consultation with the transport sector in the next few weeks before deciding whether there will be further CNG price hikes.