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Marching to a happier beat
Spectrum, Nattha Thepbamrung, Published on 29/06/2014
» ‘I like to make funny faces to make people laugh,” says Sutariya “Kiew” Settawanit, her broad smile contrasting sharply against her crisp military fatigues and neatly arranged red beret. “I feel happy when I see my audience happy, even though I dress like a crazy person.”
Out of step with the junta
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 08/06/2014
» A few days after the overthrow of the caretaker government by a military coup, 44-year-old Amnart took down a 16m banner that he erected in front of his house in Khon Kaen’s Muang district.
Myanmar stunned by coup, and they should know
Spectrum, Published on 01/06/2014
» It was the coup Myanmar was least expecting, and it came with a sense of eerie familiarity. Dealing with its own emergence from five decades of military dictatorship, seemingly intractable ethnic violence and political protests of its own, Myanmar had long looked to Thailand as a relatively successful, stable and democratic neighbour.
Behind the wheel on hell ride
Spectrum, Nattha Thepbamrung, Published on 27/04/2014
» It’s Bangkok’s most notorious bus route, earning a dubious reputation for its erratic drivers — some unlicensed — who hurtle through traffic at breakneck speeds in congested areas in defiance of the road rules.
The kingdom of the north
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 09/03/2014
» ‘You are Thai, but I never considered myself Thai to begin with. I am proud of my Mueang identity and there is nothing that can change that.”
Former street urchin now taking his fight to the PDRC
Spectrum, Post Reporters, Published on 09/02/2014
» Forty years ago, a child was abandoned at a rubbish dump by parents he would never know. The boy grew up on the streets and in orphanages, doing what he could to survive, to make money, and to eat. He fought his way out of this dire existence, sometimes legally and often not, educated himself and is now a political activist - a hardline red-shirt who the anti-government People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) believes poses the greatest threat to its supporters.
Could Chiang Mai become the last refuge for Yingluck?
Spectrum, Subin Kheunkaew, Published on 19/01/2014
» While the first days of anti-government protests in Bangkok have remained free of clashes with red shirts, in the northern stronghold of Thaksin Shinawatra tensions are simmering beneath the surface after several confrontations.
Roads to revolution
Spectrum, Post Reporters, Published on 12/01/2014
» How do you shut down a city of 10 million people spread over 1,500 square kilometres without undertaking a military-style operation that involves turning off the water and electricity supplies?
When the mob mentality takes over
Spectrum, Justin Heifetz, Published on 15/12/2013
» Is hatred of one man _ even if it is Thaksin Shinawatra _ enough to justify a rebellion of the country's middle class, who some experts say have no other real cause than that hate?
Students left under siege as day turned to nightmare
Spectrum, Published on 08/12/2013
» Phoo, a 31-year-old political science student studying at Ramkhamhaeng University usually keeps her distance from both sides of Thai politics. But last Saturday, her friends urged her to join the anti-government rally outside the campus.