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A forest becomes a battlefield
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 17/07/2016
» After completing his daily alms one morning in 2014, Phra Yo Kanhawlang went back to the monastery to find a letter offering 200,000 baht in exchange for leaving the forest. The monk was instructed to leave a reply in writing if he was to accept the anonymous offer.
A clash of spirits
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 07/06/2015
» The houses of the Christians stand in stark contrast to the rest of the households where the roofs are thatched with cogon grass. Located on the lower end of a mountain range in the remote North, the homes of the converts are equipped with television sets and have roofs of corrugated iron that glisten silver in the sun, which are forbidden under animistic Lua beliefs that centre on spirits.
A village haunted by superstition
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 14/09/2014
» More than 10 years ago a village in the northeastern province of Sakon Nakhon made headlines as the home of Thailand's most feared ghosts, known as phi pob, but these days the evil spirits appear to have simply vanished.
The fast and the furious clock in
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 28/09/2012
» Teen motorcycle gangs may be terrorising the streets of Bangkok at night with their noisy races, but the problem could ease with a labour ministry plan to convince them to put their skills to use in the automotive sector.
Stallions to develop minibike factory in Laos
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 24/07/2012
» Stallions, the Thai minibike brand, will open a factory in Laos next year to serve as a production base for exports to other Asean countries.