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Caught in the madness of the system
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 08/05/2016
» The solider pointed towards Bandit Aneeya, the man the legal system has previously found to be insane, identifying him as the person who allegedly committed lese majeste. Bandit, who sat quietly throughout the court session on Wednesday as testimony from two prosecution witnesses was heard, flashed a smile.
The big business of saving lives
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 10/05/2015
» Patcharin Arabiya scurried to find 5,000 baht to secure a room at Thonburi Hospital’s coronary care unit while doctors performed CPR on her mother, Samruay Sopajaree. The 78 year old suffered a heart attack on March 24, 2013, an hour after arriving home from a visit to Khao Yai National Park.
Teflon Thailand starts to flake
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 12/04/2015
» It’s almost noon and the Toyota saleswoman still hasn’t seen her first customer. Thaiyont, a Toyota dealership in Chon Buri’s Muang district, used to serve at least eight customers a day. But these days, they are lucky to have two.
Farming out new ideas, or replanting old seeds?
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 02/11/2014
» The Prasert Singsuksri family has farmed rice for four generations in Ayutthaya's Bang Sai district, where a typical pioneer farm during his grandfather's era would start out with 5-10 rai of land.
Cash for no comment
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 20/07/2014
» Few people outside the media industry had heard of the Thailand Information Centre For Civil Rights and Investigative Journalism (TCIJ), but by Monday it had the attention of every major news organisation in Thailand.
Minding Thailand's business
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 06/07/2014
» Pranom Kowinwipat never missed any of the 60 general meetings during her five years on the audit committee at Bangchak Petroleum Plc.
Online gambling explosion is just waiting to kick off
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 01/06/2014
» Each with a pen in their hand, the two men with grey hair sitting on stools at an old billiards table, now fitted with a marble top, flip through the Sport Pool and Talad Look Nang (leather ball market) tabloids while studying football teams' form. For 20 baht, these daily sports papers offer results and analyses of previous matches.
Sufficiently Profitable
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 21/10/2013
» Profitable corporations are more aligned with the sufficiency economy (SE) philosophy than unprofitable ones, according to new research by the Sasin Centre for Sustainability Management.
Thailand welcomes UK help with PPPs
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 14/06/2013
» Thailand continues to struggle to establish proper public-private partnership (PPP) schemes and so will seek to learn from British expertise in infrastructure, says Transport Minister Chadchat Sittipunt.
French PM says EU is out of the woods
Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 06/02/2013
» French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault Tuesday assured Thai businesses that Europe's monetary problems are behind it and said European economies are on a growth path.