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Stifling people’s voices
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 03/05/2015
» It takes effort to tell strangers what people’s unique homes look like, and it’s a lot more difficult when they are seen as an enemy of economic growth. So villagers from Satun, the southern coastal province on the Andaman Sea, drove 14 hours to Bangkok last week to tell people about the value of their distinctive homes through seminars and a three-day photographic exhibition at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre.
Uneasy Neighbours
Asia focus, Wanant Kerdchuen, Published on 09/03/2015
» Southeast Asian fresh markets have always enchanted foreigners drawn to their indigenous charm and down-to-earth characteristics seen nowhere else in the world.
Flying high and falling fast
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 14/12/2014
» At the age of 43, Thailand's youngest billionaire Nopporn Suppipat was flying high on the profits from one of the region's biggest wind power companies.
New centres emerge on the city fringes
Spectrum, Published on 23/11/2014
» The term Central Business District is used to describe the area of a city featuring the largest concentration of prime commercial developments including office buildings, retail centres and hotels and a strong presence of high-profile international and local companies.
Running taps a pipe dreamin Pattaya
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 19/10/2014
» Before Taew goes to work in the morning, she takes a shower as part of her morning routine. But there's a small problem.
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.
Reeling from the great land grab
Spectrum, Published on 30/03/2014
» Tin Myint remembers being evicted from his land in 1976 as if it were yesterday.
Selecting the most suitable hotel operator
Spectrum, Published on 25/08/2013
» Thailand will continue to see a significant number of new hotels and resorts enter the market over the next five years. While many current hotel owners are expanding their portfolios, new owners are planning to enter the hotel market to tap the potential of the country's expanding tourism industry.
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.
Stuck in the middle with you
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 02/06/2013
» There are more than 7.5 million registered vehicles on the roads of Bangkok, almost one for every resident of a city of nine million people.