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Temple dogs a victim of religious commercialisation
Spectrum, Nattha Thepbamrung, Published on 25/03/2018
» Temples in tourist hotspot Phuket are experiencing a crisis of identity: are they places of compassion, contemplation and meditation, the spritual and social centres of the community? Or are they tourist attractions, beholden mainly to visitors?
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.
Marching to a happier beat
Spectrum, Nattha Thepbamrung, Published on 29/06/2014
» ‘I like to make funny faces to make people laugh,” says Sutariya “Kiew” Settawanit, her broad smile contrasting sharply against her crisp military fatigues and neatly arranged red beret. “I feel happy when I see my audience happy, even though I dress like a crazy person.”
The battle for hearts and minds
Spectrum, Nattha Thepbamrung, Published on 22/06/2014
» With Thailand’s long history of military coups, the country’s generals are well versed in the ways of post-putsch propaganda.
Krabi locked in power struggle
Spectrum, Nattha Thepbamrung, Published on 15/06/2014
» ‘We have suffered a great deal of misery because of the old coal-fired plant,” says Somneug Krodsua. “It is not acceptable that they plan to build another even bigger one in the same area this time.”
Degrees of dishonesty
Spectrum, Nattha Thepbamrung, Published on 25/05/2014
» Plagiarism seems to be a new word — especially for students.
Phuket's steamy underbelly
Spectrum, Nattha Thepbamrung, Published on 20/10/2013
» Phuket is struggling to balance its new naughty side against its traditional image as a tropical paradise _ and for now, it looks like the dark side is winning.
How Thammasat lost its faculties
Spectrum, Nattha Thepbamrung, Published on 22/09/2013
» When second-year arts student Saran Chuchai, 20, hung posters around Thammasat earlier this month of her simulating sex while wearing a uniform she triggered a debate that has forced the university to question its position as the bastion of academic liberalism in Thailand.