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Let the punishment fit the crime
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 02/07/2017
» Just when people thought that capital punishment no longer exists in Thailand, a Thai criminal court recently ordered sending two repeat offenders to death row for fatally stabbing a young man during an iPhone robbery.
Sea gypsies turning the tide
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 12/02/2017
» On Jan 31, the Phuket Provincial Court cleared four sea gypsies accused of unlawfully occupying beachfront land on Phuket's Rawai beach, saying the sea tribe owned the land before the title deed was issued for the property.
A long way from home
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 11/12/2016
» Mohammad, a teenage refugee, barely escaped becoming a child soldier in Somalia three years ago. "They [the militants] wanted to take me and use me as a child soldier but my grandmother refused to let me join them," the 16-year-old recalled of the incident in Mogadishu, the capital city where Mohammad, who uses an alias, was born and raised.
Integration of the nations?
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 03/07/2016
» Following the shock Brexit decision, Asean members have been left to ponder the relevance of regional integration.
Romance, rape and ratings
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 13/03/2016
» Last year, when the smash-hit soap opera Samee Tee Thra was about to reach its season climax, fans were buzzing online about what would happen to the show’s female villain Phueng.
Out of a war zone, into a Thai prison
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 07/02/2016
» Mustafa*, a Palestinian from Syria, was finally freed to leave Thailand last month. After serving almost two years in a Thai jail and one month in an immigration detention facility on charges of illegally entering the country, the 38-year-old was released to be reunited with his young daughter and wife.