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In Singapore, family feud deepens over Facebook posts
New York Times, Published on 05/08/2017
» BANGKOK - Singapore’s government has been trying for two weeks to get Harvard University economist Li Shengwu, a grandson of Singapore’s founder, Lee Kuan Yew, to apologise for comments he made in a private Facebook post that were seen as critical of the country’s leadership.
IS dream turns to nightmare for Indonesian family
Associated Press, Published on 03/08/2017
» AIN ISSA, Syria -- The 17-year old Indonesian girl made a persuasive case to her family: lured by what she had read online, she told her parents, sisters, aunts, uncles and cousins they should all move to Syria to join the Islamic State group.
Nong Rose strikes blow for equality
Sports, Published on 26/07/2017
» Clad in a pink tank top and shorts, her face made up with rouge and red lipstick, transgender Muay Thai fighter Nong Rose Bancharoensuk is a formidable opponent.
In the good books
Business, Nanat Suchiva, Published on 15/06/2017
» A former Amazon employee once said that the traditional book market was "an absurdly inefficient model, worse than my uncle sending his laundry home from college".
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.
Grass really is greener for those whose dreams have come true
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 25/03/2017
» Having a public park close to home is a dream come true for Prapatson Fuengkankol who enjoys outdoor activities with her niece.
A survivor in the cauldron of the media
News, Nauvarat Suksamran, Published on 11/03/2017
» The fierce competition from online media which puts the world's news at our fingertips, mostly for free, has devastated the print industry, pushing it ever deeper into the financial abyss and forcing newspaper journalists, especially freelancers, to look for new revenue sources.
Master Gaw finds refuge
Spectrum, Father Joe Maier, Published on 05/03/2017
» That wasn't like Master Gaw. He was the toughie of the second kindergarten class, as rough and tumble as any four-year-old boy in our Klong Toey slums. Not afraid of ghosts that might lurk in a dark corner or under the bed. The kid feared nothing.
How former heir apparent turned critic of dynasty
Published on 16/02/2017
» They used to call him the “Little General” but Kim Jong-nam — once heir-apparent to his father and North Korea’s then-leader Kim Jong-il — fell from grace in 2001 after a spectacular blunder.
Miscarriage of justice
Spectrum, Published on 22/01/2017
» Life is not the same for Patsakorn Singki. Even though the 30-year-old was released from prison more than one year ago, the Sing Buri native no longer enjoys visiting temple fairs like he used to do before his spell in prison.