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Farmers hope for fair shake with paper plant
Spectrum, Tunya Sukpanich, Published on 14/10/2012
» Sa paper items are ubiquitous in northern handicraft shops, where the rough parchment is used in everything from the region's distinctive paper umbrellas to paintings, calligraphy and other hand-crafted decorative items.
Overwhelming odds get better of efforts to stamp out prison drug trade
Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 09/09/2012
» In the early morning of Aug 18, Nakhon Si Thammarat prison warder Od Sae Pua was shot dead on the way home from the prison where he worked for years. The reason was simply that he had refused to help smuggle drugs into the prison and that he reported the attempt to bribe him to do so to his bosses.
US software piracy chase could see Thai companies sink
Spectrum, Published on 19/08/2012
» Thai companies using pirated software that export their products to the US could be crippled by a law aimed at targeting the use of illegal IT.
Long odds in online lottery fight
Spectrum, Published on 05/08/2012
» The multi-billion baht illegal underground lottery is spreading online, with punters able to bet 24 hours a day on both lottery numbers and stock market numbers around the world.
Power plays on the Mekong
Spectrum, Post Reporters, Published on 29/07/2012
» Eventually, we could proceed no further. In the distance, a one-metre high gravel barrier emerged from the brownish waters of the Mekong, the planned construction site of the controversial Xayaburi Dam. As we moved closer, we could see the gravel wall had blocked most of the width of the river and there was only a small channel with rocks and rapids left for the longtail boat to navigate through.
Youth army reserves: bullets, bonding and a ticket out of the real thing
Spectrum, Published on 15/07/2012
» For 17-year-old Kornwut the highlight of his time as a member of the Army Reserve Force Students was blasting away with M16A1s left over from the Vietnam War. Though they were only 5.56mm calibre guns and offered little recoil, they were fun to shoot and he would have done more but that could get costly _ due to budget constraints reservists who wish to practise their shooting must pay 30 baht for five bullets.
New faces with a look from antiquity rise at Angkor Wat
Spectrum, Luke Hunt, Published on 10/06/2012
» When French archaeologists began their first digs around the temple ruins of Angkor Wat in the early 20th century, few would have appreciated the magnitude of what lay ahead.
Enterprising collectors find trash means cash
Spectrum, Published on 15/04/2012
» 'Junk is gold," Somthai Wongcharoen says.
Factors that could waylay your wealth
Spectrum, Andrew Wood, Published on 05/02/2012
» Last week, we looked at the devastating effects inflation can have on the real value of your wealth. We did so in terms of both its capital value and your ongoing income requirement, which invariably increases as time goes by.
The things that I'm certain will happen in 2012, Even though I'm sure they won't happen
Spectrum, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 01/01/2012
» The top stories, the bombastic personalities and the tragic events _ the news is a dish of vibrant tastes. You know them. You lived through them. News that made you laugh, columns that made you cry; stories that had you foaming at the mouth, developments that left your stomach churning.