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Koh Lan put under local lockdown
News, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 05/01/2021
» Chon Buri: About 100 tourists were told to leave Koh Lan in Bang Lamung district, as the island was placed under a local lockdown from today until Jan 20.
Spirited away
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 08/07/2018
» The search for 12 boys and their football coach trapped in Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai ended on Tuesday when they were finally found, 10 full days after going missing. The Moo Pa Academy football team stole the media spotlight not only in Thailand but internationally, with people joining together to pray for the safe return of the lost boys and their leader.
Lifeguard service enters murky waters
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 19/11/2017
» As a restless teenager, Amnad Chuasaman threw himself into any daredevil stunt. With friends by his side, he would drink and drive, race bikes and do loads of other things considered unsafe. Being young and carefree, it never crossed their minds they could get hurt doing it.
Flood control to shore up Pattaya
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 15/10/2017
» As a Pattaya native, Noppinun "Nu" Sangthong, a 47-year-old owner of a souvenir shop on Beach Road, has seen virtually everything -- from the behaviour of crazy drunken sex tourists to transgender thieves with tricks up their sleeves.
Work-hungry robots are chasing your job
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 16/04/2017
» 'The future of work must be inspired by considerations of humanity, social justice and peace. If it is not, we are going to a dark place, we are going to a dangerous place." So said International Labour Organization (ILO) director-general Guy Ryder after a two-day symposium in Switzerland last week.
A zipline to calamity
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 08/01/2017
» The 2015 summer holidays of an American family took a tragic turn with an adventure park accident in Chiang Mai. What was meant to be a fun and carefree family experience abruptly turned into an ordeal involving the mother's loss of sight in one eye.
Lt Yai's million dollar babies
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 14/08/2016
» Lieutenant Yai first started Thai boxing when he was 18 years old and four decades later, he is still involved with the sport, but not quite in the way he may have imagined.
Picking up speed in a push for boat safety
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 26/06/2016
» Despite the recent spate of speedboat accidents to hit the Thai tourism industry, Chinese tourist Ma Che has no qualms about taking a day trip from Pattaya to Koh Lan.
A bridge too far in campaign to tame the wild 'vanz boys'
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 27/03/2016
» Keng, 21, spends the week tuning and cleaning his bike — he has to make sure it’s ready to race.
On a mission to blend in
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 20/03/2016
» Fifty-year-old Robert Orwiler has become famous in the Thai media as the American who fell in love with Thailand and doesn't want to go home.