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Ringing up high costs
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 25/03/2014
» When Jandee Pattani was told that her 1.3 million baht phone bill wasn’t a technical error, she was so shocked her hands began to feel weak.
Bad news brings bigger 'bucks'
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 27/11/2013
» A court battle with corporate coffee giant Starbucks over intellectual property rights became a blessing in disguise for a famous coffee stall once named "Starbung Coffee".
Modern family
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 11/03/2013
» Situated some 150km apart, Lop Buri and Bangkok share at least one architectural lineage, a set of "Modern style" buildings that are the legacy of the People's Party that brought drastic political change to the country in 1932.
Keeping history alive
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 14/01/2013
» If there is something we can learn from the demolition of the Supreme Court's old office - an ongoing dispute that has attracted much attention from historians, conservationists as well as legal experts - it is that the value of most buildings erected in the same era are underrated and are at risk of being torn down.
Out with the old
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 26/12/2012
» This year was a tough one for conservationists who have been vehemently fighting to preserve national heritage under threat in the name of "development".