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Razing 'cane
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 30/03/2016
» March and April are months of haze. The white-grey smoke may be just a seasonal nuisance that exists only in the northern and southern regions in Thailand, but in a sugar plantation in Dan Chang of Suphan Buri province, haze has long been a part of the people's daily lives and of the worrisome harvesting cycle. Villagers in Dan Chang get used to dry-coughing. Smoke hangs over the roofs of their houses and seeps indoors.
Obama's pick engages Supreme Court battle
New York Times, Published on 17/03/2016
» WASHINGTON – US President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated Merrick B. Garland to be the nation’s 113th Supreme Court justice, choosing a centrist appellate judge who could reshape the court for a generation and become the face of a bitter election-year confirmation struggle.
Indian weddings becoming a big business in Thailand
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 21/02/2016
» Jas Singh’s 2010 wedding was not a typical Sikh gurdwara ceremony. Instead of being held at a temple, the bride and groom, along with 200 guests and a priest, flew to Thailand from Bangalore for a beach wedding in Hua Hin.
Catching the long end of the stick
Spectrum, Alan Parkhouse, Published on 31/01/2016
» In the 1970s one of Thailand’s most famous exports was the super-strong strain of marijuana known as Thai sticks, and now a five-part documentary and a television series are to be made on the illegal trade and the people who smuggled it to the Western world.
Carving into the smelliest stories of the year
Spectrum, Published on 03/01/2016
» From the political arena of football administration to the floodplains of downtown Bangkok and the iron-clad corruption-free Hua Hin monument, controversy was out of the ballpark in 2015.
Fighting to rule the roost
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 29/11/2015
» With 3.3 million baht on the line, the stakes were high as the two prize fighters entered the ring. Boisterous cheers rang out from the sell-out crowd, who jumped to their feet as the referees signalled for the bout to begin.
Fighting like a girl
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 25/10/2015
» Rose’s perfectly-pencilled eyebrows, red lips and rosy cheeks are nothing unusual for a young ladyboy. With her delicate and feminine manner, she is only a few steps away from being completely female.
Trespassing at the temple
Spectrum, Published on 27/09/2015
» It took a couple of minutes before the residents — mostly grocery shop owners and food sellers in the crowded Wat Tai Nok community on On Nut Road — could name the abbot of the temple.
Water starved farmers steal to survive
Spectrum, Published on 05/07/2015
» Last week, Somkiet Norasing did something he thought he'd never do. He and a group of rice farmers from Kraseaw in Suphan Buri's Sam Chuk district installed 30 plastic pipes and water pumps to siphon water out of an irrigation canal.
Soccer successes leave Thais hungry for more
Sports, Tor Chittinand, Published on 21/06/2015
» Thailand is the undisputed king of Asean football, holding regional crowns at both full international and under-23 levels.