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Koh Tao case affects wider migrant community
News, Andy Hall, Published on 07/05/2015
» Prior to the murder of British tourists Hannah Witheridge and David Miller last September, migrant workers' everyday lives on Koh Tao island were not publicly discussed. This situation changed once migrants were identified as the key suspects behind the killings.
Something rotten in the state of Thailand
Spectrum, Published on 04/01/2015
» Whether being compared to eating a sweet raspberry blancmange in a lavatory or French-kissing your dead grandmother, there is an undeniable stench attached to the durian.
The Rescue Pilot
Spectrum, Published on 28/12/2014
» Captain Tanate Teerachaitanyasak had no idea how destructive a tsunami could be when the call came from his navy superiors cancelling his weekend leave.
On Koh Phangan, the party continues
Spectrum, Published on 12/10/2014
» ‘When my brother turned the music on, everyone started walking over to the beach. People began dancing and singing,” recalled Soon Somwang, who was then 18 and working at a restaurant which had yet to be named on a starry, Full Moon night on Koh Phangan in 1986.
To protect and self-serve
Spectrum, Published on 28/09/2014
» With police long facing accusations of corruption, victim blaming and scapegoating, the bungling of the investigation into the recent murders on Koh Tao has come as little surprise to many.
Time running out for Moken way of life
Spectrum, Published on 13/05/2012
» Village elder and midwife Liya Pramongkit, skin brown and furrowed as a walnut, spent her early life living as a nomad aboard handcrafted wooden boats called kabang. They were fashioned from giant rainforest logs; planking held together with vines.