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A land dispute with grave consequences
Spectrum, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 24/01/2016
» ‘The cemetery land used to reach that Bengal almond tree over there,” Diao Thaleluek said, pointing to the tree’s broad, glossy leaves 20 metres from where he was standing. Followed by a swarm of mosquitoes, he took a few steps back, reached down and began to search the ground for a boundary marker.
Serious Moonlighting
B Magazine, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 17/01/2016
» David Bowie’s concert in Thailand on the night of Dec 5, 1983, was not supposed to happen. With a price tag of US$1 million per show, a Bowie concert was too expensive for those who hoped to lure him here. Yet, the singer took a huge pay cut simply so he could be in Bangkok and explore the city.
Hopes for peace as Myanmar ethnic Karen celebrate
AFP, Published on 12/01/2016
» Myanmar's ethnic minority Karen rung in their New Year with song, dance and traditional kickboxing, in celebrations a day before fresh efforts to reach a ceasefire to end the country's myriad rebel conflicts.
Mass transit still dictating condo choices
Spectrum, Published on 31/05/2015
» The presence of mass-transit routes continues to be the main factor influencing condominium developers’ decisions in Bangkok. The latest figures show that 85% of all condominium units launched in the first quarter of this year were near existing, under-construction and planned BTS or MRT lines.
Love, marriage and the law
Spectrum, Published on 31/05/2015
» Love is a many-splendoured thing, as the old song goes. But like any other splendoured thing, once the government gets involved it becomes complicated.
Gangnam Style: South Korea set to demolish slum in shadows of Seoul glitz
Reuters, Published on 05/05/2015
» SEOUL – Close by the luxury highrises of Seoul's most expensive neighbourhood, 80-year-old Kim Ok-nyo burns charcoal to heat her two-room shack in Guryong, a shantytown of 2,000 residents.
Facing the music on dirty copyright deeds
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 26/04/2015
» Calvin* was unaware that he needed a licence to play music until plainclothes policemen entered his restaurant in Thong Lor on the evening of April 7, went behind the bar and seized his MP3 player.
US 'handed Cambodia to butcher', ambassador recalls
Published on 17/04/2015
» PARIS — Twelve helicopters, bristling with guns and US Marines, breached the morning horizon and began a daring descent toward Cambodia's besieged capital. Residents believed the Americans were rushing in to save them, but at the US Embassy, in a bleeding city about to die, the ambassador wept.
From boyish good looks to all-singing hospital glam girl
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 12/04/2015
» To the outside world, Pornbuncha “O” Maikanta looks like any ordinary young man.
Will chao din take a powder?
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 08/04/2015
» Payong Huangmitr makes a living selling din sor pong — the natural white powder Thai people put on their faces and mix with water during Songkran. During next week's festival, where revellers' faces everywhere in the country will be painted with the powder, she expects to rake it in.