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Ladyboys lost in legal system
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 03/02/2013
» 'I am writing to let you know that I am doing great. Even though 10 years sounds like a long time ... I am enjoying every moment of my time here."
Prejudice in Pattaya sees ladyboys locked out and targeted by cops
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 03/02/2013
» 'NO DURIAN, NO DOG, NO LADYBOY".
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.
The two faces of Thai tolerance
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 08/09/2013
» 'At home, I could easily lose my job just by acting out as a gay person," says Richard, a 51-year-old gay man.
Leader of the pack
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 20/10/2013
» For one month a year, a foreign man on a green bicycle can be seen carrying two large bags of dog treats through the small alleys of Rama IV Road and the Lumpini Park area. Those who don't know him and happen to zoom by on the way to work may think that he is a typical tourist who enjoys feeding the homeless animals. But for people who live in those areas, he is looked upon as a guardian angel for strays.
The danger could lurk for years
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 23/03/2014
» The spectre of death and suffering from cancers and other chronic illnesses could haunt Samut Prakan residents for many years to come, for it is a reality of major environmental disasters that the after-effects are often worse than the immediate consequences.
What makes young people kill?
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 06/04/2014
» The Sornprom family home was once filled with love, comfort and understanding. It is a cosy-looking, two-storey house in a small housing development along the busy Sema-Fahkram Road in Pathum Thani’s Thanyaburi district.
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.
In sin city, locals left hoping for a miracle
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 07/09/2014
» 'There were not that many people in Pattaya back in the old days," said Cheng Baikloy, who has witnessed first-hand the transformation of the seaside town over the past seven decades. "We lived simple lives, and food and fresh water could be found naturally within just a few steps of home."
A different school of thought
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 14/09/2014
» 'We don't have a flag ceremony at 8am," Mechai Viravaidya said. "I have learned that children's brains seem to be able to absorb things much better in the morning, so I make them skip the ceremony in the morning and go straight to class.