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Carnage: An analysis of Thailand's road safety
Spectrum, Published on 03/06/2018
» Every 22 minutes, a human being dies on Thailand's roads. At 24,000 deaths a year -- the equivalent of a small city -- traffic ends more lives prematurely in this country than strokes, Aids, any single kind of cancer, pneumonia, or diabetes.
Is Chinese durian love a fad or forever?
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 30/05/2018
» With Thai durian selling fast to Chinese connoisseurs, questions have arisen over whether the phenomenon is just hype or signals a promising future for the king of fruits.
Woven in time
Life, Published on 29/05/2018
» Arob Rueangsung, 59, always has a smile on her face when she welcomes visitors to Na Muen Si village in Trang. Two decades ago, Arob led a group of housewives in this southern province to search for the origins of long-forgotten woven cloth patterns, and soon a revival in the cloth took off.
Fluctuating fortunes hit Thai Airways
Spectrum, Suchat Sritama, Published on 27/05/2018
» Thai Airways International Plc (THAI) is now in a final reform phase that looks set to hit turbulence as it goes from red ink to profit.
Worlds apart: Maniq confront modern life
Spectrum, King-oua Laohong, Published on 27/05/2018
» A cluster of children from the Maniq ethnic group are doing something their ancestors may have never been able to picture -- watching a TV show.
Going green for royalty
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 26/05/2018
» When urban residents want to save trees in the city, it is BIGTrees, an urban conservation group, who many people turn to.
A unique bond
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 21/05/2018
» If Zack Blackmon Jr were to tell you that he's a direct descendant of the original Siamese Twins Eng and Chang Bunker, there's no way you'd believe him. White skinned, blue eyed and with a delightfully thick North Carolinian accent, Blackmon Jr, 67, is surprisingly in fact, the great-great grandson of Eng.
Betong's tourist fortunes improve
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 20/05/2018
» Despite being situated in a strife-torn area, the southernmost Betong district of Yala province has seen a surge in tourists.
Discovering historic Thon Buri
Life, Published on 17/05/2018
» To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the establishment of Thon Buri as the former Thai capital last year, the Fine Arts Department has been conserving the old walls and moat of Thon Buri. It recently made public its findings about newly discovered archaeological sites in Bangkok, some of which are already tourist attractions.
Shark-bite fame, or bust
Spectrum, Published on 29/04/2018
» Sai Noi Beach in southern Hua Hin is usually packed with tourists in the summer due to its powdery white sands and pristine blue waters, but over the past two weeks this normally bustling beach has been almost deserted. Beachgoers started avoiding the place after a foreign tourist was recently attacked by a bull shark.