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The bear necessities for survival
Spectrum, Published on 20/12/2015
» The bear cub is spoiling for a fight. Barely five months old, Willow was until recently a little creature hovering between life and death after she was rescued in Cambodia, where wildlife trafficking remains endemic.
The sex ceiling
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 16/09/2015
» Bussaraporn Thongchai believes it would have been completely different if her paintings were displayed, say, by the fountain display at Parc Paragon. She's probably right. The main subject of her ongoing exhibition "I'm Not Your Holy Mother" at Ardel's Third Place Gallery is an old and haggard, yet sexually unrestrained version of the mother of Jesus, the Virgin Mary. One piece shows an up-skirt shot of a woman squatting, while the other shows a woman hung upside down on a crucifix, her wrinkled body and breasts weighed down.
Celebrities urge Australia PM to save execution pair
AFP, Published on 28/04/2015
» SYDNEY - Celebrities including Oscar winner Geoffrey Rush released a video Tuesday urging Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott to fly to Indonesia to help save two citizens facing execution, forcing the government to defend its tactics.
Bangkok office rents continue to rise
Spectrum, Published on 31/08/2014
» Bangkok office rents rose by about 5% over the past 12 months despite the political turmoil and slow economy in the first half of this year. The vacancy rate is now less than 10%, the lowest level in more than 20 years; there is only about 400,000m² of new space under construction, according to CBRE Research. The total amount of occupied space continued to grow in the first half of this year despite the weak economic situation and we expect that tenants planning expansion will now proceed.
The needto fill the void
Spectrum, Published on 10/08/2014
» For foreign couples who are unable to conceive a child, Thailand offers the seemingly perfect package — a combination of low costs, relatively high quality medical care, and lax regulations on commercial surrogacy agreements.
Playing fast and loose with the juice
Spectrum, Justin Heifetz, Published on 26/01/2014
» Aziz "Zyzz" Shavershian was once Australia's No.1 online bodybuilding celebrity. He emigrated with his parents from Russia to Australia at an early age, and quickly developed an online cult following after touting the healthy lifestyle that allowed for his impeccably muscular body _ good nutrition, good training and an admiration for Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Divided fourth estate urges a third way
Spectrum, Justin Heifetz, Published on 19/01/2014
» Opinion is obviously divided within Thailand, but what is the rest of the world saying? Media opinion on the Bangkok Shutdown is also divided across the region.
Dr Cynthia's funding blues
Spectrum, Published on 24/11/2013
» Sitting down in a small room in Sydney's central business district, Cynthia Maung looked tired. She had just touched down in Australia earlier this month to receive the country's only honour for peace, the Sydney Peace Prize, for her work with Mae Tao Clinic in Mae Sot. The clinic offers refugees a level of reliable health care that cannot be found in Myanmar. Last year alone the clinic treated 150,000 people.
Truth seeking's terrible toll: Seventies war reporters remembered
Spectrum, Luke Hunt, Published on 17/02/2013
» The thinning ranks of war correspondents who covered the Indochinese conflicts prior to the communist takeovers of 1975, have rounded out a rare pilgrimage to Cambodia through a series of reunions and twin dedications to the fallen.
Development rush could doom Yangon's architectural treasures
Spectrum, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 07/10/2012
» For local investors they are unwieldy behemoths occupying prime real estate. For the nostalgic they remain noble vestiges of an era almost forgotten, when the city, then called Rangoon, was the most cosmopolitan in the region. For tourists they are one of Asia's most concentrated collections of colonial buildings and grand sights in themselves, unartificially preserved in time. For nationalists they can be an unwanted reminder of less independent times, when the subjugated people were answerable to the caprices of colonial authorities.