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No pain, big gain
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 12/11/2017
» Major surgery is not something new to Chuchart Pinjai, a 63-year-old retired policeman from Phayao province, but it's not something he wants to go through again. He had heart surgery in 2015 at Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital and it took him months to get over the pain and return to a normal routine.
BMA urges help for 'crazy' pigeon feeder
News, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 14/07/2017
» Weerasak Sunthonjamorn, also known as Uncle Pui, has been feeding more than 200 pigeons at his home in a busy Bangkok district for more than three decades.
Close to home: Big C blasts unsettle lives and security
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 28/05/2017
» It was going to be a fun afternoon for Nurshafiqa Surorayo, a four-year-old Pattani girl reuniting with her uncle Abdul. After several months of working in Malaysia, he was returning to Pattani to see family. He decided to take his niece and nephew out for lunch followed by a trip to the only shopping mall in town, Big C, for ice cream.
The coin-swallowing turtle weighed down by good will
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 12/03/2017
» Merit-making is integral to Buddhist tradition. In this belief system, practising good deeds in daily life increases one's chances of getting into heaven and enjoying a blissful afterlife.
Bang for your baht?
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 06/03/2016
» For a hardworking man like Korn, his main focus is trying to maintain a balance between his work and personal life while keeping everyone around him happy.
Lights, camera, 'action'
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 24/08/2014
» From the outside, the cinema looks dated but otherwise ordinary, a seemingly forgotten victim of Bangkok's rapid gentrification. "Now showing five films back-to-back all day long," reads the sign on the front of the building.
Slum dwellers say hospital puts profit before principles when treating poor
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 07/04/2013
» Last Christmas Eve, teenager Ice was helping prepare for a party in his Klong Toey community when a fight broke out near the stage and gunshots were fired.