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Fancy a job? You might get shot and it takes five years to earn full pay
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 07/08/2016
» Forest ranger Warak Ngernyu and his eight colleagues were on foot patrol on the morning of July 10, 2013, when they saw the wheel tracks. Sensing that the tracks would lead to wood poachers, the team followed the trail for four hours until they reached the suspects: three Khmer-speaking men sitting on rocks.
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Gold rush crawls to a standstill
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 06/12/2015
» It was a billion-baht aerial survey of potential mineral deposits that sparked an enthusiastic start to gold mining in Thailand 32 years ago. Foreign investors were wooed and local communities were excited about the idea of new roads leading into their villages.
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Do we really want to be just like Singapore?
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 12/07/2015
» The meeting on June 15 at the Chatuchak district office lasted less than an hour. By the end of the month, the 14 licensed street-food vendors were told, they would have to move out.
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A clash of spirits
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 07/06/2015
» The houses of the Christians stand in stark contrast to the rest of the households where the roofs are thatched with cogon grass. Located on the lower end of a mountain range in the remote North, the homes of the converts are equipped with television sets and have roofs of corrugated iron that glisten silver in the sun, which are forbidden under animistic Lua beliefs that centre on spirits.
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Out of the jungle, but left in the wilderness
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 31/05/2015
» Sathien Jaiping has made the long journey to Government House almost every month since 2009, carrying a two-inch-thick spiral-bound stack of documents containing what he believes are the names of more than 2,000 former communist insurgents.
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Vibhavadi aims for gold in Samut Sakhon
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 14/05/2014
» The SET-listed Vibhavadi Medical Center (VIBHA), operator of Vibhavadi General Hospital, is set to open a new hospital in Samut Sakhon province next year to tap the low-end market.
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Myanmar's arms open to investors
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 06/06/2013
» NAY PYI TAW : A senior Myanmar official brushed aside concerns that the Dawei deep-sea port and special economic zone (SEZ) will be scrapped for lack of financial support from Japan.
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BoI reports record year for projects
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 11/01/2013
» Projects seeking Board of Investment (BoI) privileges were worth a record 1.46 trillion baht in 2012, helped by a big influx of applications towards year-end before new investment promotion policies are introduced later this year.
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BoI okays flood-zone projects
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 28/04/2012
» The Board of Investment (BoI) yesterday approved five projects in flood-prone areas worth a total of 2.1 billion baht.
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