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Do we really want to be just like Singapore?
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 12/07/2015
» The meeting on June 15 at the Chatuchak district office lasted less than an hour. By the end of the month, the 14 licensed street-food vendors were told, they would have to move out.
Taming Rattanakosin's dense traffic
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 06/06/2015
» Watching public buses move at a snail’s pace in the Rattanakosin neighbourhood for years, Xantharid Virochsiri always felt there could be a solution to ending the traffic gridlock in this old part of town.
The tug-of-war for a child’s soul
Spectrum, Published on 31/05/2015
» There was lots of screaming and shouting in the slaughterhouse neighbourhood. Miss Ploy was throwing a loud tantrum against her mum.
Migrants in Malaysia trading one nightmare for another
New York Times, Published on 26/05/2015
» GELUGOR, MALAYSIA —For Hasinah Ezahar, the three-week sea journey with three of her children from western Myanmar to Malaysia was an endless agony of anxiety, illness, hunger and threats from the smugglers they paid to spirit them abroad.
Rivals India, China win hearts, minds in quake-hit Nepal
AFP, Published on 01/05/2015
» POKHARA, NEPAL – At Pokhara airport in the Himalayas, Indian soldiers race back and forth loading rice, blankets, tarpaulins and other aid onto waiting helicopters for delivery to Nepal's quake-devastated villages.
Dignity on the rubbish dump
Spectrum, Published on 22/02/2015
» It’s a story that simply needs to be told. Sai Chon, the half-blind, no-fear, ex-rubbish dump kid. He’s moving up the social ladder. “Shack-born” in a city rubbish dump, where he spent his early years, he's now only a part-time street kid.
Carrying the weight of uncertainty
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 09/02/2015
» Under the purple and orange hue of dawn, our bus arrived at the base of Phu Kradueng National Park in Loei province. We had our tents, sleeping bags and backpacks as we got ready to trek one of the most gruelling uphill climbs in the country — a steep slope of 5.5km to the top of this popular mountain destination, which takes anywhere from four to eight hours.
Makeshift schools only highlight a class divide
Spectrum, Published on 11/01/2015
» Bright yellow shipping containers are stacked three storeys high on the rocky ground next to a Don Muang construction site on the outskirts of Bangkok. It could be the graveyard of a disused port, but from one container on the ground the sound of children’s voices can be heard.
Something rotten in the state of Thailand
Spectrum, Published on 04/01/2015
» Whether being compared to eating a sweet raspberry blancmange in a lavatory or French-kissing your dead grandmother, there is an undeniable stench attached to the durian.
The stories behind the photos
News, Bangkok Post, Published on 30/12/2014
» A visual compilation of 2014's greatest moments. Enjoy!