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Fire starters on the fringe
Spectrum, Justin Heifetz, Published on 16/03/2014
» Kai is ready to leave the rubbish dump where he lives — but not because he wants to.
Miss Mott's Slaughter House survival
Spectrum, Father Joe Maier, Published on 17/11/2013
» This is the harsh story of our own Miss Mott and the home-grown, inbred violence and drug savagery that seeped into Klong Toey's Slaughter House a few years back. Miss Mott was Slaughter House-born in the Year of the Rabbit _ the most gentle of creatures _ destined never to hurt anyone or anything but with predators all around.
Series of blasts rocks a precarious peace
Spectrum, Published on 27/10/2013
» W ith Myanamr due to host the Southeast Asian Games in December, business investment pouring in and ceasefire agreements with ethnic groups on the table, a series of recent bombings across the country has raised concerns among government officials and investors of a sustained terror campaign.
Leader of the pack
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 20/10/2013
» For one month a year, a foreign man on a green bicycle can be seen carrying two large bags of dog treats through the small alleys of Rama IV Road and the Lumpini Park area. Those who don't know him and happen to zoom by on the way to work may think that he is a typical tourist who enjoys feeding the homeless animals. But for people who live in those areas, he is looked upon as a guardian angel for strays.
Ghosts in the darkness
Spectrum, Published on 29/09/2013
» High heels, blood-red lipstick, a skintight T-shirt and cut-off jeans may not be the typical dress code of a som tam street vendor.
Study links foreign homelessness to divorce
Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 25/08/2013
» Not all cross-cultural marriages between rural Thai women and foreigners are doomed to divorce, as one academic's comprehensive study has found that these women's marriages to men from other Asian countries often find success on shared values.
NHRC under fire for being 'partial to impartiality'
Spectrum, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 18/08/2013
» The report from the National Human Rights Commission on violence surrounding the 2010 red shirt demonstrations drew intense criticism almost as soon as it was put on the NHRC website on Aug 8.
The battle for copper mountain
Spectrum, Published on 23/06/2013
» Determined to hang on to their land around the Letpadaung copper mine in northern Myanmar, farmers have re-ignited their protests despite a harsh government crackdown last November. The mine's expansion, coinciding with the new political era, has become a test case for the direction of Myanmar's future development.
Activist's disappearance gives vientiane a black eye in asean
Spectrum, Published on 16/06/2013
» Six months after the disappearance in Vientiane of Sombath Somphone, the founder of an NGO set up to help rural youth, the Lao government is looking increasingly like the black sheep among its Asean neighbours.
A plea and a puzzle: Search for truth's many twists
Spectrum, Post Reporters, Published on 12/05/2013
» The curious case of Nepalese woman Nirmala Oli began with an email to the Bangkok Post from a desperate father who alleged his daughter had been falsely accused of stealing a US$700 (20,500 baht) bottle of perfume from a duty free shop at Suvarnabhumi Airport.