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Something's brewing
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 15/01/2017
» A fortune teller suggested Puripong Suthisopapan and his business partner focus on selling beer when they opened their Be Right Back restaurant in Khon Kaen over a year ago. Starting only with one refrigerator, most of the beer they sold was illegally home-brewed as Thai law prohibits small-scale brewing.
Flower market vendors face last lonely Valentine's
News, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 14/02/2016
» This may be the last Valentine’s Day Onsirin Saenyakul ships her roses to vendors at Bangkok's famous Pak Khlong Talat flower market. Her two-rai plantation in Chiang Mai’s Mae Rim district has been the only source of income for her family for the past 12 years, and 80% of the roses are shipped by truck to Thailand’s largest fresh flower market.
Going through hell for leather
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 20/04/2014
» Dog leather ... it's soft, fine-textured and readily distinguishable from other leathers due to its foul smell and scars, says Chanin Chitkomut, who encountered the product several years ago.
Silk producers hope to weave new image
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 10/02/2014
» Thais under 50 who wear silk clothes are often called old-fashioned, and a woman's silk suit can set her back at least 4,000 baht.
Toy story seeks happy ending
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 28/01/2014
» Wearing a white uniform and blue apron, a female worker operates a machine that imprints eyes, nose and mouth on to a doll's face.
Fertile imagination
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 09/09/2013
» A teenage farm boy, lying down in a haystack in his usual old jeans, grey cotton long-sleeved shirt and straw hat, pulled a local Mac magazine out of his bag made of fertiliser sacks while tending to cows grazing in the green pastures.
Exporters, shippers at odds over rates
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 03/07/2013
» Thai exporters say they have been harmed by a continuous surge in freight rates even as shipping companies have saved fuel costs through a practice called "slow steaming".
Eagles soars on Pratunam market appeal
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 12/04/2013
» Eagles Air & Sea (Thailand) Co expects to maintain its position as one of the top logistics providers this year, with revenue staying on a par with that of 2012 at 200 million baht.
Following your gift
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 26/03/2013
» Life was a slog for Kritsada Jangchaimonta, growing up in a slum for 23 years. But the 3-by-4 metre room he lived in together with seven others in Bangkok failed to discourage him from dreaming of becoming a millionaire one day.
Siam Kubota eyes 25% sales growth
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 31/01/2013
» Siam Kubota Corporation, the country's leading agricultural machinery producer, expects sales this year to rise 25% to 50 billion baht, thanks to solid growth in the farm sector.