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The highs and lows of illegal gambling
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 25/05/2014
» As a former supervisor of an underground casino, M promised he would make me some profit. My stake was 3,000 baht.
Nursing some trepidation
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 18/05/2014
» Filipina nurse Maria Judith Avestruz was considered lucky to land a full-time job at Manila’s semi-private Philippine Heart Centre, where she stayed for almost three years. But the pay was very low, so in October, 2012, she decided to come to Thailand, where she was accepted right away by Phyathai 2 Hospital as an international case manager.
When the rescue causes harm
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 11/05/2014
» A visit by Chantawipa Apisuk and a group of sex workers to a Thai shelter for girls rescued from prostitution last April is a memory she will never forget.
Going through hell for leather
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 20/04/2014
» Dog leather ... it's soft, fine-textured and readily distinguishable from other leathers due to its foul smell and scars, says Chanin Chitkomut, who encountered the product several years ago.
Scientist shortage threatens competitiveness
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 15/04/2014
» High-school student Piriyakorn Kornpitack was certain he made the right decision when he applied for the science programme at one of the country’s most prestigious secondary schools.
Battle for FTI heats up
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 18/03/2014
» The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) has kicked off its search for a new chairman amid sentiments that the new head will resolve internal conflicts but not bring any changes to Thailand’s largest private group.
Surin: Thailand must clean up its act
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 15/03/2014
» Thailand's political problems and a bureaucracy that allows those with ties to move up the ladder will cause the country disadvantages once the Asean Economic Community (AEC) is set up, says former Asean secretary-general Surin Pitsuwan.
Supant outlines FTI's development
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 14/03/2014
» A top candidate for the chairmanship of the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) says he plans to make the country’s largest private group a corruption-free organisation, rebuild unity and push Thailand as an Asean industrial hub.
Thais face lowest Asean GDP growth
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 05/03/2014
» Thailand’s economy is likely to post the lowest growth among Asean countries this year if the months-long political unrest lingers until the second quarter, says the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC).
Manop happy to return to his roots
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 24/02/2014
» When Manop Kaewkoi quit his job and returned to the family homestead in Surin province to grow and start selling organic rice two years ago, his mother was greatly upset because she did not want her son to end up a poor farmer like the rest of the family. She even refused to accept any money from him.