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Let the punishment fit the crime
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 02/07/2017
» Just when people thought that capital punishment no longer exists in Thailand, a Thai criminal court recently ordered sending two repeat offenders to death row for fatally stabbing a young man during an iPhone robbery.
Sea gypsies turning the tide
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 12/02/2017
» On Jan 31, the Phuket Provincial Court cleared four sea gypsies accused of unlawfully occupying beachfront land on Phuket's Rawai beach, saying the sea tribe owned the land before the title deed was issued for the property.
Tak traditions being trampled
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 05/02/2017
» Deep in the jungle in the western border district of Mae Sot, elephants roam with their mahouts in a small village called Ban Pu Ter, long known as the elephant community in Tak province.
A long way from home
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 11/12/2016
» Mohammad, a teenage refugee, barely escaped becoming a child soldier in Somalia three years ago. "They [the militants] wanted to take me and use me as a child soldier but my grandmother refused to let me join them," the 16-year-old recalled of the incident in Mogadishu, the capital city where Mohammad, who uses an alias, was born and raised.
Baby, you can 'kraab' my car
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 13/11/2016
» Akanat "Nott" Ariyaritwikul would never have landed in such big trouble if he hadn't demanded motorcyclist Kittisak Singto kraab -- or kneel down and wai -- his Mini Countryman after an accident a week ago.
In mint conditions
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 06/11/2016
» With loose, pulled back hair and a cowboy necklace, Vuthichai Sangngeon looks like a rocker from a previous generation. But behind the free-spirited artistic appearance is a 57 year old responsible for designing millions of coins minted every year.
The Rainmaker
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 23/10/2016
» To take part in a rainmaking mission, one has to forget safety protocol. Pilots are advised to avoid flying into thick cloud to avoid turbulence. But the mission of the rainmakers is to do precisely that.
The Sculptor
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 23/10/2016
» The moment on Nov 13, 1955, when King Bhumibol bent down to accept three withering lotuses from 102-year-old Tum Chantanit is one of the defining images of his reign.
Reading from the same script
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 02/10/2016
» Rohkiyoh Abu recalls the bad experiences in primary school which she hopes her children will never have to face. Referring to her first months in school, the 28-year-old Muslim mother of two from the southern province of Pattani explained, "I could not communicate with the teacher who spoke Thai in the classroom."
Songs of the jailbirds
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 18/09/2016
» Thanadda Swangduen's latest book Khang Ying reveals the astonishing life behind bars of women inmates.