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Something's brewing
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 15/01/2017
» A fortune teller suggested Puripong Suthisopapan and his business partner focus on selling beer when they opened their Be Right Back restaurant in Khon Kaen over a year ago. Starting only with one refrigerator, most of the beer they sold was illegally home-brewed as Thai law prohibits small-scale brewing.
Reaching an uncritical mass
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 22/05/2016
» 'She's just a farmer. She knows nothing." That was the example Terachet Rojrachsombat used on Facebook to illustrate his lesson on ad hominem, or abusive, arguments. The post drew an immediate reaction.
And that was the last time we saw him
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 28/02/2016
» On the morning of Jan 24, 28-year-old Fadel Sohmarn left his home on a Honda motorcycle to meet his bride-to-be, a teacher at Mohammadiah School.
Elite students receive a lesson in self-censorship
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 31/01/2016
» Teeraporn Suwanvidhu had a tough decision to make five years ago as president of the Thai Student Association in the UK: remove an article, or lose all support from the Thai Embassy next year.
Planets fail to align for aspiring astronaut
News, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 22/02/2015
» A Thai woman whose Mars dream fell to Earth last week is clinging to hope that she will still have a chance to take a one-way trip to the red planet.
Come out and play
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 20/01/2014
» They usually use their muscles to knead customers, but during the week-long Bangkok shutdown, some of the masseurs and masseuses on Silom Road have been using their skills in a different way _ hammering out dishes of somtam (spicy papaya salad) instead.
The worms are turning
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 25/05/2013
» It's hard to imagine how many benefits can be realised from using worms to recycle organic material into vermicompost, which can be used as organic fertiliser.