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Let the punishment fit the crime
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 02/07/2017
» Just when people thought that capital punishment no longer exists in Thailand, a Thai criminal court recently ordered sending two repeat offenders to death row for fatally stabbing a young man during an iPhone robbery.
No minor offence
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 14/05/2017
» Moo Yong is the nickname of an 18-year-old male suspected of murdering Niran Soisoongnoen, a 25-year-old new graduate. Niran's body was found buried along a road that he was travelling en route from Bangkok to his home province of Chaiyaphum. Shortly before he died, he phoned his mother to say he would be coming home for Songkran soon and that he missed her cooking.
The leading lady who set the stage for theatre studies
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 26/03/2017
» What was slated as a small conference at Chulalongkorn University early this month turned out to be a powerhouse gathering for the Thai entertainment industry.
Sea gypsies turning the tide
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 12/02/2017
» On Jan 31, the Phuket Provincial Court cleared four sea gypsies accused of unlawfully occupying beachfront land on Phuket's Rawai beach, saying the sea tribe owned the land before the title deed was issued for the property.
A long way from home
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 11/12/2016
» Mohammad, a teenage refugee, barely escaped becoming a child soldier in Somalia three years ago. "They [the militants] wanted to take me and use me as a child soldier but my grandmother refused to let me join them," the 16-year-old recalled of the incident in Mogadishu, the capital city where Mohammad, who uses an alias, was born and raised.
In mint conditions
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 06/11/2016
» With loose, pulled back hair and a cowboy necklace, Vuthichai Sangngeon looks like a rocker from a previous generation. But behind the free-spirited artistic appearance is a 57 year old responsible for designing millions of coins minted every year.
Splitting hairs over cat breeds
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 06/11/2016
» Panarat Kamchat is determined to correct a misunderstanding about Thai cats after discovering that the winners of some recent international shows were not the genuine breed.
Making heads and tails of Thai cats
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 06/11/2016
» Korat cats were first registered in the US by the Korat Cat Fanciers Association in 1965. The breed was formed of cats imported directly from Thailand by Jean L Johnson in 1959. The association established a controlled breeding programme, and in 1966 the Korat breed was accepted by the Cat Fanciers Association, one of the largest cat associations in the world. Today the Korat breed is accepted by all popular cat associations around the world.
The Farmer
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 23/10/2016
» Wiwat Salyakamthorn spent years preaching to farmers about why they should adopt a sufficiency philosophy approach, but none listened until he took matters into his own hands.
Songs of the jailbirds
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 18/09/2016
» Thanadda Swangduen's latest book Khang Ying reveals the astonishing life behind bars of women inmates.