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Fleeing Rohingya at the mercy of a smuggling network greased by graft
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 13/01/2013
» For desperate Rohingya arrested in Thai territory, hope for the future can rest simply with how much money they have to pay off local officials and human traffickers. The prospects are dire for those without the required cash _ being sold into slavery is commonplace.
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Broken promises on pledging leave rice farmers in lurch
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 30/06/2013
» As the government's election promise to help rice farmers unravels, outside of Bangkok the populist policies that delivered Pheu Thai to power are coming home to roost.
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The land of missed opportunity
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 02/03/2014
» ‘I never felt at home in Thailand. I always stood out in the crowd,” says Brian, a Thai national who prefers to use a pseudonym. “I was outspoken, determined and confident. From my experience, those personality traits are not acceptable here. I always told myself that I would take the first chance to leave.”
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Running taps a pipe dreamin Pattaya
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 19/10/2014
» Before Taew goes to work in the morning, she takes a shower as part of her morning routine. But there's a small problem.
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Reduced to ruble: Russia’s economic woes hit Pattaya
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 01/02/2015
» After completing their mandatory sightseeing tour in Pattaya, Russian couple Sergey, 36, and his girlfriend Tatyana, 34, were eager to head to a major shopping mall for some bargains.
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On the trail with Bangkok's No 1 ladies' detective agency
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 15/03/2015
» When Amnuaiporn “Kung” Maneewan first graduated in 1995, her only ambition was to find a well-paid job. The answer to her dreams was just around the corner, and she managed to land a position as an accountant at the IBS law firm, near her home in the Ram Intra area of Bangkok.
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Summer dreams dashed in divisive beach clean-up
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 19/04/2015
» For many Westerners who visit Thailand, the ideal tropical holiday means lounging on a sunbed on the beach, having a massage while the cool ocean breeze sweeps through, and ordering food and drinks from vendors who ply their wares along the sandy coast.
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Teaching peace amid death in the deep South
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 03/05/2015
» ‘We were building good citizens for a stronger nation, you came and tore them down,” said the rector of Fatoni University. “We have been left devastated.”
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Change closes in on hidden Chinatown
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 19/07/2015
» For more than a century, four generations of Usanee Sae-gang’s family have lived on Soi Charoen Chai, off Charoen Krung Road in Bangkok’s Chinatown. For half that time, the 70-year-old has been living and working in the same rented shophouse, where she moved after getting married 50 years ago.
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The League of extraordinary gentlemen
B Magazine, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 25/10/2015
» During the week, Thanakorn “Anan” Luengpradit, 44, looks like a typical hard-working family man. He owns a small business fixing windows and wakes early to drop his 15-year-old son Geng off at school. Running his own business, Anan never turns down the chance to earn money, no matter how small or big the projects are.
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