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Football forecasts from afar
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 15/06/2018
» The World Cup has begun. Life talked with four foreigners who coach in the Thai League about their home countries' chances of winning it all
Fluctuating fortunes hit Thai Airways
Spectrum, Suchat Sritama, Published on 27/05/2018
» Thai Airways International Plc (THAI) is now in a final reform phase that looks set to hit turbulence as it goes from red ink to profit.
A life in limbo
Spectrum, Published on 06/05/2018
» It is Monday morning in Suan Phlu, Bangkok. Its streets as busy as usual -- motorbike taxis rushing by, vendors selling fruit on the corner, a Koel singing its annoying song and someone somewhere cooking fish. The city is full of life. And yet, just a few hundred metres from the air-conditioned cafe in which I am sitting, more than a thousand men, women and even children are deprived of the ability to take part in this life. Seen from the soi's main street, the unassuming complex bears an equally unassuming sign which reads "Immigration Bureau". The building conveys little of the reality behind it.
Britons start hating their jobs at 35, poll shows
Business, Published on 23/08/2017
» Jean Prince was 50 when she started working for a UK tech company near Cambridge as a technical author, writing software documentation. "I felt extremely lucky," she said.
Thai-owned Leicester harbour hope of second 'miracle'
Sports, Wanchai Rujawongsanti, Published on 30/07/2017
» Last year, Leicester City won the Premier League title at pre-season odds of 1,500-1 for one of the most stunning achievements in sporting history.
ANALYSIS: Britain votes on Thursday
Published on 08/06/2017
» NORWICH/LONDON - On the eve of an election Prime Minister Theresa May returned to her core message that only she can deliver a good Brexit deal, moving on from a heated national debate over security after two deadly Islamist attacks.
Eriksson, Hiddink: Right men for Thai job
Sports, Wanchai Rujawongsanti, Published on 09/04/2017
» When Football Association of Thailand president Somyot Poompunmuang said he wanted the new national team coach to be one with World Cup experience, two names sprang to my mind.
Monk's lucky charms fire Leicester to title
Spectrum, Published on 25/12/2016
» Leicester City's English Premier League championship triumph is a fairytale of a small football club that manages to win big with a little help from mythical amulets ... sort of. Of course, the much coveted title was the product of the hard work of the players and manager Claudio Ranieri. But support from the three magic amulets given by a senior Thai monk might also have helped.
Our top 10 stories in a year that will be hard to forget
Spectrum, Published on 25/12/2016
» Over the past year 'Spectrum' has reported a wide range of issues to give readers valuable insights. Our reporter ambushed the monk who helped Leicester City to their shock English Premier League title to get an exclusive. Another reporter blended in with Chinese yuppies in the new business district of Bangkok to find out why they decided to migrate to Thailand. Two reporters did a series of stories on the Tiger Temple by hanging out with the veterinarian, monks and national park officers to listen to all sides. We were determined to find the truth. Last month we also went up to Chiang Mai to talk to Hmong girls wrongly accused of stealing a British tourist's watch. Here are the top 10 stories in another exciting year of reporting.
Bangkok parties as Leicester lift English Premier League trophy
AFP, Published on 08/05/2016
» Cheers, spilt beers and confetti met the award of the English Premier League trophy to Leicester City on Saturday at a lively title party laid on by the Foxes' Thai owners in Bangkok.