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Vigilant or vigilantes?
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 28/07/2013
» When Atchariya Rungrattanapong became embroiled in a business conflict, he lost more than just his career and money; he also lost all faith in Thailand's judicial system.
The last samurai
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 11/08/2013
» When Pam, a 25-year-old hotel worker, returns home around midnight after her shift in downtown Chiang Mai, her biggest fear is encountering a notorious local gang of machete-wielding teens.
Manners lost in translation
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 13/10/2013
» Piles of animal bones lie scattered across the table, picked clean and thoughtlessly discarded by diners.
Reds deride Suthep's plans
News, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 01/12/2013
» As anti-government protesters occupy large parts of the city centre, their leaders continue to spurn calls for talks with the government. But with many of their red-shirt rivals also flatly refusing to consider what they say is an ''absurd'' proposal to replace the current parliamentary model with a so-called people's council, the chances of the two sides reaching an accord appear slim.
Support bleeds away from the heartland
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 19/01/2014
» In the middle of nowhere _ near a pond surrounded by jungle and bamboo _ four men in a distant corner of Udon Thani gather every evening after working in the fields.
The fight tearing the country in two
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 09/02/2014
» Since the crackdown on the red shirts at Bangkok's Ratchaprasong intersection almost four years go, the once-cheerful Lung Gong has become a jittery man, jumping at the sound of a car backfiring or a firecracker being let off.
The kingdom of the north
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 09/03/2014
» ‘You are Thai, but I never considered myself Thai to begin with. I am proud of my Mueang identity and there is nothing that can change that.”
Slain poet fled with red leaders
News, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 27/04/2014
» Assassinated poet Mai Nueng fled to Cambodia after the 2010 crackdown with 11 other red shirt leaders as he feared the Abhisit Vejjajiva government would charge him with terrorism, a political colleague says.
Deep divisions in fight over mine
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 08/06/2014
» When gold-bearing copper was discovered in them there hills, Loei villagers were expected to let the company walk in and take it. And they did, until their crops failed, their water was no longer fit to drink and their neighbours began getting sick, very sick.
You’re just my stereotype
B Magazine, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 13/07/2014
» Every society has its stereotypes, but one that values class structure and hierarchy arguably has more than others. In Thailand, there are plenty of labels to go around — you’ll probably fit in to one or more.