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Cashing in on the flood crisis
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 04/02/2018
» After flooding hit his village last year, Abisit Sitthiwong, a 42-year-old farmer in Na Khu district of Kalasin, struggled to restore the farmland he had so faithfully cultivated. The owner of 10 rai of rice fields and 5 rai of fruit plantation, his produce was his main source of income.
Search for missing mother soldiers on
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 24/09/2017
» 'Would you like to take a day trip with me to the military camp?" So read the text invitation sent by Juthaporn "Aoi" Oun-on, 37, a director at the education division of tambon Cham in Si Sa Ket, to her friend Noi, a restaurant owner living in Baan Phum Sarol in Kantharalak district.
Mum's tears over slow police probe
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 27/08/2017
» For as long as she could remember, it was a daily ritual for single mother Patcharee Punthong, 51, and her daughter, Ploynarin "Nong Ploy" Palipol, 22, to have dinner together after work in the Tha Rue district of Ayutthaya, where they lived only steps away from the factory where they both worked. Nong Ploy usually commuted to and from work on her bike.
Academics slam lack of details for Sino-Thai railway project
News, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 23/06/2017
» Academics have expressed concerns that there is no paper-based evidence to determine the feasibility of the controversial Sino-Thai high-speed train project other than what media have reported.
'Economic interests' named as potential motive behind Big C blast in Pattani
News, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 28/05/2017
» A Thai army commander based in the deep South believes that the perpetrators behind the Big C bombing in Pattani were more motivated by economic interests than the separatist movement's desire to assert regional autonomy.
Tainted by a sordid tradition
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 21/05/2017
» For Note, a 42-year-old freelance journalist in northern Thailand, there's nothing bigger or more exciting than welcoming government officials from the central office in Bangkok. The officials visit for inspections, meeting with locals and talking to the local media. The trip is usually well organised from the moment they arrive until they leave the area.
No sex please, we're Thai
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 26/02/2017
» It started off as nothing more than a small fishing village on the Gulf of Thailand. Its long sweeping bay was dotted with a few boats and shacks where the villagers lived. Then a group of 500 American soldiers stationed at a military base in Nakhon Ratchasima were driven to Pattaya on June 29, 1959, for a week of rest and relaxation (R&R). They rented several houses at the southern end of the beach from a prominent local, Luang Sunthorn, thus opening a Pandora's box for this sleepy fishing village.
Sitting pretty: The naked truth behind motor show models
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 03/04/2016
» Ladapa Ratchataamonchot first tried breaking into the entertainment industry in university, travelling to Bangkok during her holidays in search of part-time work.
Bigotry on the boil over halal project
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 13/03/2016
» Muslim businessman Kavinthorn Wongluekiat, 62, was born and bred in Chiang Mai and hopes he can make his home town prosperous for generations to come. As chairman of the Chiang Mai Islamic Committee (CMIC), Mr Kavinthorn is the driver of a plan to build a halal industrial estate on the outskirts of Chiang Mai which he says would generate tens of billion in baht in annual exports.
The teachers at risk of detention
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 06/12/2015
» In the halls of higher learning, some academics believe the Thai military is waging a war against teachers who encourage their students to think critically. Attachak Sattayanurak, an economics and political history professor at Chiang Mai University, says the ruling junta is engaging in Orwellian “thought control” and trying to produce a generation of “stupid” students.