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Stifling people’s voices
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 03/05/2015
» It takes effort to tell strangers what people’s unique homes look like, and it’s a lot more difficult when they are seen as an enemy of economic growth. So villagers from Satun, the southern coastal province on the Andaman Sea, drove 14 hours to Bangkok last week to tell people about the value of their distinctive homes through seminars and a three-day photographic exhibition at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre.
20 years after Tokyo subway attacks, Japan remains baffled
AFP, Published on 20/03/2015
» Japan today commemorated the 20th anniversary of the fatal nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, but experts say the horrifying case still leaves more questions than answers about what motivated the killings.
Rise of the dormant bureaucracy
Spectrum, Published on 09/11/2014
» In the immigration office on Pansodan street in downtown Yangon, women sit at long wooden tables piled with stacks of paper. Dressed in traditional Burmese clothing, they converse quietly and scrutinise document after document.
Privates as public property
Spectrum, Published on 09/11/2014
» 'Well, we order pizza here sometimes, but only after we get permission." Pte Sathaporn Kornpisetsagul even sought authorisation to reveal this information, checking with superiors who listened as Spectrum interviewed conscripts at the Territorial Defence Command in inner Bangkok.
On Koh Phangan, the party continues
Spectrum, Published on 12/10/2014
» ‘When my brother turned the music on, everyone started walking over to the beach. People began dancing and singing,” recalled Soon Somwang, who was then 18 and working at a restaurant which had yet to be named on a starry, Full Moon night on Koh Phangan in 1986.
Bua Yai’s battle to go it alone
Spectrum, Published on 28/09/2014
» More than a decade ago, Bua Yai district native Jamras Panpiansilp, 54, lost his father to a cerebral haemorrhage.
Models of discontent
Spectrum, Published on 21/09/2014
» It’s Friday night in the Sukhumvit area, and cliques of well-dressed people can be seen entering an up-market restaurant.
It's payback time
Spectrum, Published on 07/09/2014
» Pinyada will graduate from university next year, and hopes to find a job in the entertainment industry.
Getting through a dangerous haze
Spectrum, Nattha Thepbamrung, Published on 31/08/2014
» As a freshman, Panuwad Hongsawatchai felt the wrath of his fellow students at Maejo University in Phrae when he refused to be part of its traditional hazing ceremonies intended to absorb him into campus life.
The needto fill the void
Spectrum, Published on 10/08/2014
» For foreign couples who are unable to conceive a child, Thailand offers the seemingly perfect package — a combination of low costs, relatively high quality medical care, and lax regulations on commercial surrogacy agreements.