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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.
To be or not to be in Thailand
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 30/04/2017
» Most Thais regard William Shakespeare's plays as high art which they have to climb a balcony to understand, though they may be surprised to find that the Bard's plays are not all Greek to them.
Japanese emperor set to bid farewell to late king
News, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 05/03/2017
» Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko arrive in Thailand on Sunday to bid an official farewell to the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej. The king's friendship with the imperial couple has contributed to bilateral relations between the palaces for over 50 years.
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.
In mint conditions
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 06/11/2016
» With loose, pulled back hair and a cowboy necklace, Vuthichai Sangngeon looks like a rocker from a previous generation. But behind the free-spirited artistic appearance is a 57 year old responsible for designing millions of coins minted every year.
The Painter
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 23/10/2016
» Portraits of King Bhumibol have been ubiquitous for so long that you could be forgiven for growing up without paying them much attention. But when Sakwut Wisesmanee was a boy, a small portrait by an unknown artist kept him transfixed.
Songs of the jailbirds
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 18/09/2016
» Thanadda Swangduen's latest book Khang Ying reveals the astonishing life behind bars of women inmates.
Winning the battle royal
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 18/10/2015
» It was a royal battle that read like a fairy tale, with a young prince winning back his family inheritance from an evil uncle. After a nine-year legal battle, a court has granted Maharaj Devraj Singh his share of his father and grandmother’s estate.