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Deep southern comfort
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 04/06/2017
» After living a happy life with her family in Pattani's Sai Buri district, Janjira Prasatsin faced an incident that completely turned her life upside down when her policeman husband was shot dead in 2003.
Fake it till you ace it
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 29/01/2017
» Weerachai Phutdhawong is a whistleblower. For nearly a decade now, he has helped expose scam networks that sell fake degrees to "certify" unqualified university lecturers.
Students play game of follow the leader
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 19/07/2015
» At Ramkhamhaeng University, the path from student activism to national politics is a well- trodden one. But for some students now enrolled at the open university, there is no irony in supporting the military government and having the chance of one day participating in parliamentary politics themselves.
Teaching peace amid death in the deep South
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 03/05/2015
» ‘We were building good citizens for a stronger nation, you came and tore them down,” said the rector of Fatoni University. “We have been left devastated.”
Suspect 'tried to shut down bomb plot'
News, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 22/03/2015
» A volunteer nurse accused of helping to plan a string of bomb attacks across Bangkok has denied any role in the plot, and said she warned her alleged co-conspirators against embarking on a campaign of violence.
The devil and the deep blue sea
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 22/03/2015
» Thanakon Kaeokamkong was resting after a six-hour shift when he was roused by loud knocks on his cabin wall. “I opened my eyes and saw a black man walk in,” Mr Thanakon recalled. “He was wearing military fatigues and carrying a large gun. He pointed the gun at me and told me to step outside.”
Suspect 'tried to shut down bomb plot'
Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 22/03/2015
» The volunteer nurse accused of helping to plan a string of bomb attacks across Bangkok has denied any role in the plot, and said she warned her alleged co-conspirators against embarking on a campaign of violence.
The school of hard knocks
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 21/12/2014
» On the first day of military boot camp last month, 17-year-old vocational student Nattapol “Bird” Suwannaphong was expecting an easy ride. Nattapol was a guinea pig in a pilot programme which forces students to attend military camp as part of the government’s efforts to end violence between rival technical college students.
Slain poet fled with red leaders
News, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 27/04/2014
» Assassinated poet Mai Nueng fled to Cambodia after the 2010 crackdown with 11 other red shirt leaders as he feared the Abhisit Vejjajiva government would charge him with terrorism, a political colleague says.
What makes young people kill?
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 06/04/2014
» The Sornprom family home was once filled with love, comfort and understanding. It is a cosy-looking, two-storey house in a small housing development along the busy Sema-Fahkram Road in Pathum Thani’s Thanyaburi district.