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Thai silk skills weave a perilous path
News, Published on 04/06/2016
» Once a dominant strand of the country's fashion industry, Thai silk has slowly slipped behind modern fabrics, and the beautiful art of traditional weaving is dying.
Preserving the old crafts
News, Published on 17/10/2015
» My mission, says Hirun Sueasriserm, “is to preserve traditional craftsmanship”. Next to him in his Ban Bat workshop, an amateur artisan shapes a metal sheet into an alms bowl.
Moulding a home
News, Saiarun Pinaduang, Published on 05/09/2015
» It may look simple, perhaps unfashionable. It may even seem eccentric. But the clay house sitting in the middle of a green rice field in Phayao’s Muang district has brought happiness to the couple who built it with their own hands.
Imbun shows the natural way
News, Saiarun Pinaduang, Published on 04/07/2015
» To many, Dok Kham Tai district in Phayao conjures up an image of a place rich in culture and tradition, where local arts that use natural colours and natural cloth speak of strong community bonds.
A solution for the ages
Spectrum, Published on 03/05/2015
» Despite his grey hair and bad knees, Kong Kaewsanit, 78, likes to show off his musical skills to anyone who visits his remote village in the northeastern province of Ubon Ratchathani. The elderly musician always plays his kan reed pipe organ whenever friends and guests ask.
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.
Is 'White Prison' making Bang Khwang a darker place?
Spectrum, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 17/03/2013
» Bang Khwang Central Prison is undergoing a transformation under an initiative aimed at ridding the notorious "Bangkok Hilton" and eight other facilities of drugs and other contraband. The "White Prison" policy came into effect last May under new director Vasant Singkaselit. Under the policy, visitors have been banned from bringing food, clothes or other items for prisoners; even books are banned. Prisoners are allowed to meet visitors once a day for 45 minutes, up to two visits a week, while visitors can only seen one inmate per day. Inmate workshops have been cancelled, punishments have become harsher and access to help in case of medical or fire emergencies has been limited.
Thailand at the centre of rising illegal ivory trade
Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 13/01/2013
» 'They are all authentic elephant ivory,'' a middle-aged retailer of crafted ivory ornaments told a group of visitors at her shop in Nakhon Sawan's Phayuha Khiri district last week.