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The school of hard knocks
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 21/12/2014
» On the first day of military boot camp last month, 17-year-old vocational student Nattapol “Bird” Suwannaphong was expecting an easy ride. Nattapol was a guinea pig in a pilot programme which forces students to attend military camp as part of the government’s efforts to end violence between rival technical college students.
Slain poet fled with red leaders
News, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 27/04/2014
» Assassinated poet Mai Nueng fled to Cambodia after the 2010 crackdown with 11 other red shirt leaders as he feared the Abhisit Vejjajiva government would charge him with terrorism, a political colleague says.
Fleeing Rohingya at the mercy of a smuggling network greased by graft
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 13/01/2013
» For desperate Rohingya arrested in Thai territory, hope for the future can rest simply with how much money they have to pay off local officials and human traffickers. The prospects are dire for those without the required cash _ being sold into slavery is commonplace.