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Lifting the veil on virgin brides for sale
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 16/10/2016
» After being sold by her own father, Anong, a 15-year-old girl from Muang Fuang in Laos, came to realise that her home wasn't the protective, caring place she thought it was.
US prosecutors seek more Thai suspects in sex ring case
News, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 09/10/2016
» US prosecutors are urging closer cooperation with local police to expand their investigations into a trafficking ring they claim involved hundreds of Thai women being sold into "sexual slavery".
The new weapon in the fight against HIV
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 18/10/2015
» Krit spends weekdays in his office on Sathon Road and nights out at a gay club on Silom Soi 2. The 28-year-old is a gym fanatic, and can also be found at one of Bangkok’s most famous gay saunas twice a week.
Change closes in on hidden Chinatown
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 19/07/2015
» For more than a century, four generations of Usanee Sae-gang’s family have lived on Soi Charoen Chai, off Charoen Krung Road in Bangkok’s Chinatown. For half that time, the 70-year-old has been living and working in the same rented shophouse, where she moved after getting married 50 years ago.
Ladyboys on parade
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 27/04/2014
» With her long hair, fair skin and delicate feminine body, Bee, a 21-year-old transsexual, draws attention wherever she goes. As much as she may appear to be a woman, Bee has had no surgery or implants, but she does take female hormones. But there are still those who see her as no different than a man with long hair.
Vigilant or vigilantes?
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 28/07/2013
» When Atchariya Rungrattanapong became embroiled in a business conflict, he lost more than just his career and money; he also lost all faith in Thailand's judicial system.
Broken promises on pledging leave rice farmers in lurch
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 30/06/2013
» As the government's election promise to help rice farmers unravels, outside of Bangkok the populist policies that delivered Pheu Thai to power are coming home to roost.
Young monks struggle with gender issues
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 26/05/2013
» Despite being born a boy, 28-year-old Deer has never accepted her masculinity. She is, she said, and has always been, female.