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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.
Out of the jungle, but left in the wilderness
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 31/05/2015
» Sathien Jaiping has made the long journey to Government House almost every month since 2009, carrying a two-inch-thick spiral-bound stack of documents containing what he believes are the names of more than 2,000 former communist insurgents.
Webster's degrees of disappointment
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 24/05/2015
» Petcharat Saksirivetkul was relieved to be among the 70 seniors who graduated from Webster University Thailand (WUT) two weeks ago. It almost didn’t happen.
Brewing up trouble with Bangkok's rebel beer buffs
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 17/05/2015
» Dubbed Thailand’s “Silicon Valley” of brewers among the craft beer community, Nonthaburi province is where it all began. It was where Wichit Saiklao, an army colonel, started Chitbeer, after two attempts at brewing in his condominium failed. It was also where all eight members of the Sandport beer collective grew up, while a major malt importer has an office in Pak Kret district. The island of Koh Kret even hosts beer-tasting nights on Fridays.
Webster set for relocation to Bangkok
News, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 10/05/2015
» Webster University’s Thailand (WUT) branch plans to close its Cha-am campus and move to an area closer to Bangkok in a bid to double its number of students within five years.
The big business of saving lives
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 10/05/2015
» Patcharin Arabiya scurried to find 5,000 baht to secure a room at Thonburi Hospital’s coronary care unit while doctors performed CPR on her mother, Samruay Sopajaree. The 78 year old suffered a heart attack on March 24, 2013, an hour after arriving home from a visit to Khao Yai National Park.
Testing teachers in democracy 101
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 19/04/2015
» In 20 years of teaching, nothing has given Taweewat Pimpat more joy than leading the military mandated civics class.
Teflon Thailand starts to flake
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 12/04/2015
» It’s almost noon and the Toyota saleswoman still hasn’t seen her first customer. Thaiyont, a Toyota dealership in Chon Buri’s Muang district, used to serve at least eight customers a day. But these days, they are lucky to have two.
Love in a time of political protest
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 05/04/2015
» Political activists Liu Linna and Yeung Hung met on Valentine’s Day in China two years ago and their romance blossomed, eventually leading to marriage.
Businessmen claim police coercion
News, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 29/03/2015
» More than a dozen business owners in Chiang Rai say they were forced by police to pay fines of up to 75,000 baht earlier this month for bogus copyright infringement complaints.