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Small distributors screened out of exclusive reel estate
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 05/06/2016
» Film distributor Thida Plitpholkarnpim knows better than most the struggle to get independent films and documentaries into major cinema chains.
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Dream it, print it
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 05/11/2017
» As an engineer, Martin loves to build things both in his work and outside. During the week at work, he spends all day building and developing new products for his company. But even at weekends, he spends his free time building new things for leisure.
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Fatal attraction: falling for a killer news story
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 11/06/2017
» For criminal suspect Preeyanuch "Preaw" Nonwangchai, being the star of a high-profile murder case has landed her more publicity than punishment. For the past two weeks, the 24-year-old's face has been seen on the front page of every newspaper and every TV channel in Thailand. People's attention has been held rapt by the young woman who allegedly killed and dismembered her victim in a viral criminal case.
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Bigotry on the boil over halal project
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 13/03/2016
» Muslim businessman Kavinthorn Wongluekiat, 62, was born and bred in Chiang Mai and hopes he can make his home town prosperous for generations to come. As chairman of the Chiang Mai Islamic Committee (CMIC), Mr Kavinthorn is the driver of a plan to build a halal industrial estate on the outskirts of Chiang Mai which he says would generate tens of billion in baht in annual exports.
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When robots rule the world
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 01/11/2015
» Welcoming weary travellers to the Henn na Hotel in Sasebo, Nagasaki, demure robot receptionists that bow, smile, blink and converse are a sign of what’s to come. Fully staffed by a robotic concierge, cyber porters and automated cleaners, the Japanese hotel is a mechanised wonder.
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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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Riders on the 'vanz' storm
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 23/08/2015
» The way Weerawate Hempijit tells it he’s not the original Wild One, but just a free spirit who loves the open road and sharing it with up to 15,000 other motorcyclists.
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Breaking a deadly cycle
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 17/05/2015
» Like many Bangkok office employees, Amornthep Chuenchailek commutes to work by car. But twice a week, the 36 year old gets together with a few cyclist friends to ride the popular “Choc Ville” route on Ratchada-Ram Intra Road in the city’s northeast.
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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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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.
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