Showing 1-10 of 17 results
-
How Thammasat lost its faculties
Spectrum, Nattha Thepbamrung, Published on 22/09/2013
» When second-year arts student Saran Chuchai, 20, hung posters around Thammasat earlier this month of her simulating sex while wearing a uniform she triggered a debate that has forced the university to question its position as the bastion of academic liberalism in Thailand.
-
Phuket's steamy underbelly
Spectrum, Nattha Thepbamrung, Published on 20/10/2013
» Phuket is struggling to balance its new naughty side against its traditional image as a tropical paradise _ and for now, it looks like the dark side is winning.
-
Gag order forces Chamlong to watch from the sidelines
Spectrum, Nattha Thepbamrung, Published on 10/11/2013
» Whenever the subject of political rallies in Thailand comes up, one of the key images in people's minds is sure to be that of Maj Gen Chamlong Srimuang. He has been a colourful player in Thai politics since his days as an army general when he formed the ''Young Turks'' faction loyal to Prem Tinsulanonda, who became prime minister in 1980. After leaving the military he founded the Palang Dham Party and later the Santi Asoke Buddhist sect which played a prominent role in the early anti-Thaksin Shinawatra movement and also became closely allied with the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD).
-
Beware of pirated products
Spectrum, Nattha Thepbamrung, Published on 24/11/2013
» At a shopping mall in Pathumwan, the luxury make-up, beauty lotions and creams are on sale for a fraction of the price they would fetch in the ritzy up-market shops of Sukhumvit Road.
-
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.
-
Discord develops in Phuket
Spectrum, Nattha Thepbamrung, Published on 30/03/2014
» In the 1930s, parts of Phuket resembled a lunar landscape dotted with hundreds of pits, a legacy of its long history as a tin mining centre that brought hoards of Dutch, French, British and Chinese fortune-seekers to the island.
-
Band on the run
Spectrum, Nattha Thepbamrung, Published on 06/04/2014
» Members of a Bangkok high school band have learned some very hard lessons in a very public way — and the scandal in which they became embroiled is growing by the day.
-
Behind the wheel on hell ride
Spectrum, Nattha Thepbamrung, Published on 27/04/2014
» It’s Bangkok’s most notorious bus route, earning a dubious reputation for its erratic drivers — some unlicensed — who hurtle through traffic at breakneck speeds in congested areas in defiance of the road rules.
-
Memoirs of a mama-san
Spectrum, Nattha Thepbamrung, Published on 18/05/2014
» The routine world of a young housewife and mother is shattered by heartbreak, and she reacts by plunging into a dark world of prostitution, human trafficking and association with the largest organised crime syndicate in the world.
-
Degrees of dishonesty
Spectrum, Nattha Thepbamrung, Published on 25/05/2014
» Plagiarism seems to be a new word — especially for students.
Your recent history
-
Recently searched
-
Recently viewed links