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The top 10 don’t-do list
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 03/04/2016
» A 57-year-old Chiang Mai woman was charged with inciting rebellion last week for posting a photo of herself with a red plastic bowl on Facebook. The bowl, to sprinkle people with water during Songkran, also happened to carry a message from fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. She faces the prospect of up to seven years’ jail if convicted of sedition.
Elite students receive a lesson in self-censorship
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 31/01/2016
» Teeraporn Suwanvidhu had a tough decision to make five years ago as president of the Thai Student Association in the UK: remove an article, or lose all support from the Thai Embassy next year.
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.
Myanmar's revolution will be digitised
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 22/09/2013
» Twenty-four years ago it was difficult to buy a book in Yangon unless the street vendors selling political publications were familiar with your face and your preferred reading material.
Dogs' best friend
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 21/03/2013
» Coffee & Puppy on Chaeng Watthana Road is very quiet during the morning on workdays but gets pretty crowded on weekends. Unlike other nearby restaurants, most customers heading here are walking their dogs _ "man's best friend".
Self-sufficiency 'out of reach for poor'
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 07/12/2012
» The self-sufficiency philosophy advocated by His Majesty the King has turned into a middle-class dream, as grass-roots people are increasingly being gobbled up by the market economy, say local and foreign experts.