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The jury's still out on young judges
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 17/01/2016
» Five years ago Thidaporn Kornchoodej, then a 24-year-old lawyer’s assistant, was asked to sit in court to hear the verdict in a case she’d been working on. Her client was an American businessman fighting for custody of his four-year-old son, and Ms Thidaporn ended up sitting alone in the room with the judge as she delivered her ruling.
'Myanmar town' in fear as torture follows murder
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 27/12/2015
» Single-storey shophouses advertised for rent are now common in what was once a packed Myanmar community in Ranong's Muang district. Some families have left their belongings -- including a bicycle, in one instance -- as if in a hurry to leave the country.
Food fight: the battle over the future of farming
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 13/12/2015
» When Winus Srisombatraethong purchased green papaya seeds from farmers in Pathum Thani province in 2009, he had no reason to suspect anything unusual.
Gold rush crawls to a standstill
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 06/12/2015
» It was a billion-baht aerial survey of potential mineral deposits that sparked an enthusiastic start to gold mining in Thailand 32 years ago. Foreign investors were wooed and local communities were excited about the idea of new roads leading into their villages.
The magazines proving that sex still sells, even with ghosts
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 15/11/2015
» A woman is raped and murdered. She stands on the side of the street, close to where it happened, seething with anger and desire for revenge. She hitchhikes a ride from a motorcycle passing by and ends up having sex with the driver. When the man wakes up, the girl is gone. Little did he know, she was a ghost.
Do nothing: that’s your department now
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 01/11/2015
» Lt Gen Paradorn Pattanatabut had all the right credentials when he became the deputy secretary-general of the National Security Council in 2008. He graduated from the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School, attended several military and defence courses overseas and worked in top positions at the Defence Ministry.
Off to a poor start in life
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 20/09/2015
» Three years ago Kittimas Nursery had more than 15 children in its care. But last week, there were only five.
More bang for bucks, but how low can the baht go?
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 13/09/2015
» Late last month, when the baht was 35.95 against the United States dollar, Jeremy (not his real name) withdrew half a million baht from his bank account and sold them for US dollars at a foreign exchange dealer on Asok Road.
Subs plan tests navy to sink or swim
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 09/08/2015
» It has been 64 years since the Royal Thai Navy decommissioned their four submarines in 1951, but when they first expressed their desire to purchase a new fleet from Sweden in 1995, they ended up empty-handed due to insufficient funds.
Bangkok’s baffling booze ban
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 02/08/2015
» By 7pm, the six employees of the Hunsa bar had gathered around the white wooden table to eat their home-made kanom jeen, a dish consisting of rice vermicelli served with curry.