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Revolution's legacy back from the brink
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 25/06/2017
» Meanings assigned to specific persons and objects change through time. Once they were defined as supreme, then redefined as degenerate and consigned to oblivion.
Through a screen darkly
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 13/11/2016
» In recent years, if you are Thai, you may have encountered an argument about which social class you belong to or how you define others -- probably as a nationalist, liberal, conservative, pro-military, royalist, red or yellow.
Caught up in a tourist trap
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 24/07/2016
» 'You catch anything?" I ask fisherman Bueak while sitting in the back of his boat.
Mind the generation gap
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 17/07/2016
» They wear deep red lipstick modelled after their idol, Taylor Swift. They worship the Apple and Visa brands, and enjoy music ranging from One Direction, DJ Calvin Harris and The 1975, as well as lesser-known performers with niche followings.
Good grub: The top chefs setting out to prove that bugs belong in the kitchen
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 12/06/2016
» In the middle of 2014, four chefs from Le Cordon Bleu Dusit Culinary School in Bangkok decided to conduct an experiment. None of them had any experience in using insects as ingredients, but they would set out to create palatable dishes from bugs.
A new hotel sparks fears all that glitters will be sold
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 22/05/2016
» The country's most flamboyant gem dealer wasn't about to take any half measures when he celebrated his 54th birthday this month.