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The Nurse
Spectrum, Published on 28/12/2014
» After 24 years at Takua Pa Hospital, Chintana Somnuek had earned the right to a Sunday off duty. Instead of relaxing, the head of the hospital's emergency room nurses had a solemn duty at the family home.
The school of hard knocks
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 21/12/2014
» On the first day of military boot camp last month, 17-year-old vocational student Nattapol “Bird” Suwannaphong was expecting an easy ride. Nattapol was a guinea pig in a pilot programme which forces students to attend military camp as part of the government’s efforts to end violence between rival technical college students.
Couple fights for son they call their own
Spectrum, Published on 07/12/2014
» Sultan Ahmed’s family looks like any happy union. Mr Sultan, 57, and his wife Habhima Backgram, 46, share a room in Klong Toey with their seven-year-old boy.
New centres emerge on the city fringes
Spectrum, Published on 23/11/2014
» The term Central Business District is used to describe the area of a city featuring the largest concentration of prime commercial developments including office buildings, retail centres and hotels and a strong presence of high-profile international and local companies.
Reality beats protocol every time
Spectrum, Published on 16/11/2014
» The sorrow is intense. Maybe it’s the time of day. Maybe it’s the weather — but I don’t think these things matter much. She’s four and a few weeks and we just brought her “home”. In tears.
Privates as public property
Spectrum, Published on 09/11/2014
» 'Well, we order pizza here sometimes, but only after we get permission." Pte Sathaporn Kornpisetsagul even sought authorisation to reveal this information, checking with superiors who listened as Spectrum interviewed conscripts at the Territorial Defence Command in inner Bangkok.
Yangon's women start to fight sexual harassment
Spectrum, Published on 19/10/2014
» It happens regularly. A woman boards one of Yangon city's crowded buses to start her daily journey to work or school. A man stands behind her and all of a sudden she feels him pressing against her. She is too scared to tell him to stop and the man continues, despite being surrounded by many others on the overcrowded bus.
Outbreak of fighting dents hopes for peace
Spectrum, Published on 05/10/2014
» Last week an escalation in heavy fighting in Karen State sent shockwaves through ethnic villages, shattering any trust they may have had in the current ceasefire and "peace talks" between the Myanmar government and the Karen National Union.
Cash for no comment
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 20/07/2014
» Few people outside the media industry had heard of the Thailand Information Centre For Civil Rights and Investigative Journalism (TCIJ), but by Monday it had the attention of every major news organisation in Thailand.
The great Phuket cleanup
Spectrum, Nattha Thepbamrung, Published on 13/07/2014
» Maj Gen Paween Pongsir’s four years of experience with Phuket police saw him dragooned from his new post in Surat Thani to return and clean up corruption in the popular tourist resort.