• THAILAND

  Turnabout is foreplay

  Spectrum, Published on 30/12/2012

  » A young Thai woman far outside her comfort zone wanders the red-neon-bathed back alleys of Mong Kok in Hong Kong, trepidatiously trying to look through the darkened windows of sex shops and following the signs up rickety stairs, on the hunt for a very specific souvenir.

• THAILAND

  From Cold War to the 'Tor Chor Dor'

  Spectrum, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 10/02/2013

  » At the height of the nuclear arms race during the Cold War, US military strategists theorised that if tensions escalated, controlled nuclear strikes against the Soviets could force them to back down.

• THAILAND

  Fight on to keep dam from turning pristine paradise into 'death valley'

  Spectrum, Published on 14/04/2013

  » Recognised internationally as a natural treasure of biodiversity, Cambodia's Central Cardamom Protected Forest faces mounting pressure from agricultural clearance and infrastructure projects. Now an unlikely alliance of Buddhist monks, students and farmers has started to speak out against the threats, and have even taken to blessing trees in an effort to save them.

• THAILAND

  Soaring cost of dying

  Spectrum, Nattha Thepbamrung, Published on 15/12/2013

  » Mourners are forking out up to a million baht for high-end funerals that include refrigerated glass coffins to keep corpses fresh while they are on display for a week. And not only are the bereaved becoming more prepared to send their loved ones off in style, undertakers, coffin-makers and others in the funeral industry are increasingly willing to fulfil their desires.

• THAILAND

  The prickly people who caused a stink

  Spectrum, Published on 05/01/2014

  » Chairs were thrown, pornography was examined in detail and screaming matches were held _ and that was just in parliament. Last year will go down in history for all sorts of obnoxious political behaviour, but not all the thorny figures who caused a stink came from politics.

• THAILAND

  A complex peace

  Spectrum, Phil Thornton, Published on 02/02/2014

  » Despite recent reforms, working in Myanmar for international non-government organisations (NGOs) is difficult. Most NGOs are concentrated in the country's urban areas, kept well away from the ethnic regions where health, education and food security is desperately needed. Like in most countries, NGOs are supposed to work in Myanmar with government agreement. This requires either a memorandum of understanding or letter of agreement with the government.

• THAILAND

  The zombie Nazis of North Asia

  Spectrum, Michael Ruffles, Published on 02/03/2014

  » Two impressive and creepy railway carriages stand entombed inside an Aladdin’s cave of goodies donated by dictators and despots in a museum nestled in Mount Myohyang. Both date back to the 1950s and both are well appointed in ways that befit a communist strongman; each had a bed, desk and space to conduct affairs of state, one had a chandelier. The one on the left with a khaki and green interior colour scheme was a gift from Mao Zedong, the blacker one to the right from Joseph Stalin.

• THAILAND

  The Benefactor

  Spectrum, Published on 28/12/2014

  » 'There are many children who lost their parents to the waves," said Bhudit Maneejak. "Many more did not lose their whole families, but their parents were in a position where they had lost everything and couldn't take care of anyone."

• THAILAND

  Deal under construction

  Asia focus, Published on 30/03/2015

  » Companies in Asia that want strategic partners from outside their home markets to help them build their businesses are starting to realise that such marriages don't always last forever. There have been numerous cases in which a foreign partner has walked away either because of financial trouble at home or for other strategic reasons.

• THAILAND

  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.

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