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Dignified to the end
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 26/03/2017
» 'Your mother only has three months left to live." Despite his professional training, Somsak Anupong, a registered nurse at a private hospital in suburban Bangkok, was aghast hearing this heartbreaking news from the doctor.
Women play the ball, not the men, in fight for their rights
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 03/07/2016
» Toward the end of last year, a crowd of men at a small public field in Pattani stood dumbstruck as they witnessed an unusual spectacle. Their eyes were fixed on the 10 players who had turned out for a football training session -- dressed in long sleeves and hijabs.
Small distributors screened out of exclusive reel estate
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 05/06/2016
» Film distributor Thida Plitpholkarnpim knows better than most the struggle to get independent films and documentaries into major cinema chains.
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.
On a mission to blend in
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 20/03/2016
» Fifty-year-old Robert Orwiler has become famous in the Thai media as the American who fell in love with Thailand and doesn't want to go home.
When school isn’t safe
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 10/01/2016
» Bung* is in Mathayom 3 and is counting down the days until he can leave and finally join a school where male students are in the minority. “Three more months in hell,” Bung says hopefully.
The new weapon in the fight against HIV
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 18/10/2015
» Krit spends weekdays in his office on Sathon Road and nights out at a gay club on Silom Soi 2. The 28-year-old is a gym fanatic, and can also be found at one of Bangkok’s most famous gay saunas twice a week.
Manners lost in translation
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 13/10/2013
» Piles of animal bones lie scattered across the table, picked clean and thoughtlessly discarded by diners.
The two faces of Thai tolerance
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 08/09/2013
» 'At home, I could easily lose my job just by acting out as a gay person," says Richard, a 51-year-old gay man.
Labour activist who opened a tin of worms confident he can crush cannery in the courts
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 14/04/2013
» British migration expert Andy Hall was hired last year by Finnwatch, a Finnish NGO, to coordinate research for a report into alleged labour rights violations at a tinned pineapple and juice concentrate maker based in Prachuap Khiri Khan called Natural Fruit.