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Spectrum, Justin Heifetz, Published on 16/03/2014
» Kai is ready to leave the rubbish dump where he lives — but not because he wants to.
Spectrum, Justin Heifetz, Published on 09/02/2014
» As tensions rose last week between China and Japan over control of the South China Sea, the prospects of its impact on Thai waters and the preparedness of the country's navy to deal with it has been brought into question.
News, Justin Heifetz, Published on 02/02/2014
» Same-sex couples in Israel have been dealt a blow after their babies born to surrogates in Thailand were denied passports to enter the country.
News, Justin Heifetz, Published on 29/12/2013
» Even with the clout of the UN on his side, Phuket-based journalist Alan Morison says he would rather go to prison in defence of media freedom than flee the country as he battles a defamation suit launched by the Royal Thai Navy.
Spectrum, Justin Heifetz, Published on 22/12/2013
» Nine years ago, Mark Weingard ran to the roof of his Natai Beach home when the first tidal wave came towards Phangnga during the Boxing Day tsunami. The entrepreneur from Manchester was celebrating the holidays with his friends, and they were fortunate enough to have high enough ground to escape unharmed on a morning when about a quarter of a million people died. The sea ravaged most of his home _ save for the roof and in-built cinema _ and Natai Beach.
Spectrum, Justin Heifetz, Published on 15/12/2013
» Is hatred of one man _ even if it is Thaksin Shinawatra _ enough to justify a rebellion of the country's middle class, who some experts say have no other real cause than that hate?
Spectrum, Justin Heifetz, Published on 08/12/2013
» Despite an outcry over methods of crowd control through a heated week of political protests on the streets of Bangkok, experts and analysts say the Yingluck administration has exercised restraint in its riot-control methods.
Spectrum, Justin Heifetz, Published on 17/11/2013
» At 11.30am, Cambodia's securities exchange goes to sleep. The trading floor of the CSX empties _ but then it's only about the size of a living room. The lights are turned off and most employees are off for the day. And nearly three years on from its establishment, the exchange lists a grand total of one stock.
Spectrum, Justin Heifetz, Published on 10/11/2013
» At the main temple complex of Preah Vihear, a feeble soldier props himself up on a temple stone. He's sick and is administering himself intravenous fluid. He uses his feet against the cutout to hold his torso straight while balancing the bag of fluid.
Spectrum, Justin Heifetz, Published on 06/10/2013
» A dozen daily print periodicals hit the streets running after government reforms in the media _ and while it's become a futile battle to post gains, journalists struggling for breath in the saturated market persevere for new-found freedoms. On shoestring budgets in leaky offices, media owners are converting old residential apartments into newsrooms.