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When pigs fly
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 13/11/2016
» Sakaseam Sripolreun takes pride in the wild boars he bought three years ago from a poacher in Khon Kaen's Phu Wiang district. Said to be the most beautiful strain in Thailand with a large chest, elegant posture and slim face, they are highly resistant to diseases and can live on scrap fruit and vegetables, making them easy to raise.
Where hope has vanished
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 21/08/2016
» It was the spot where the villagers had found the chequered loincloth of missing land rights activist Den Khamlae a week earlier. Banjong Sanitnit, Den's brother-in-law, stopped at a nearby tree. He lit six incense sticks and poured rice whisky into a clear plastic cup so that it was a quarter full. And then he prayed.
Reliving trauma with little relief
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 05/06/2016
» The first flashback occurred several months after Aggarat Bansong was caught in a gun battle during the anti-Yingluck government protests in 2014.
And that was the last time we saw him
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 28/02/2016
» On the morning of Jan 24, 28-year-old Fadel Sohmarn left his home on a Honda motorcycle to meet his bride-to-be, a teacher at Mohammadiah School.
'Myanmar town' in fear as torture follows murder
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 27/12/2015
» Single-storey shophouses advertised for rent are now common in what was once a packed Myanmar community in Ranong's Muang district. Some families have left their belongings -- including a bicycle, in one instance -- as if in a hurry to leave the country.
Stars back petition to outlaw dog meat trade
News, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 02/11/2014
» An online campaign backed by some off Hollywood and television's biggest stars is calling on the government to outlaw the trade in dog meat and has drawn more than half a million signatures.
Blood ran thick in long family feud
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 03/08/2014
» In July 1966, Arkom Chatchaianand, the man who helped found the Thammawattana family fortune, was shot in broad daylight after a group of gunmen burst into his office at Ying Charoen market near Don Mueang airport.
Going through hell for leather
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 20/04/2014
» Dog leather ... it's soft, fine-textured and readily distinguishable from other leathers due to its foul smell and scars, says Chanin Chitkomut, who encountered the product several years ago.