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Nature nurtured at Bali's 'Green School'
B Magazine, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 02/06/2013
» Three years ago, Pim Pettibone was attending a private high school in Bangkok and living the typical life of a modern teenager in the big city _ equal parts malls, mobile phones and social media. These days she has traded in the concrete jungle for the real thing, living in Bali and studying at a school immersed in its wild surroundings, where the classrooms have no walls and even the blackboards are made of bamboo.
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Stuck in the middle with you
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 02/06/2013
» There are more than 7.5 million registered vehicles on the roads of Bangkok, almost one for every resident of a city of nine million people.
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They said it was suicide, but mum knew otherwise and now police must act
News, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 21/07/2013
» When Nittaya Salae was told by police in November her daughter had hanged herself, she accepted the police version of events that it was simply a tragedy and there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding her death.
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No magical army, says twin
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 25/08/2013
» After the near-defeat of the Karen National Union (KNU) by Myanmar's government-backed military in 1997, twin boys Johnny and Luther Htoo inspired a group of its army's fleeing insurgents to fight for and protect their homes. The surviving Karen soldiers, devout Christians, hailed them as their holy saviours.
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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.
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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.
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Breezing through the old town
B Magazine, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 03/11/2013
» Gliding around on a bicycle has always been the traditional way to explore Chiang Mai, but a new tour operator is offering another two-wheel option for sightseeing in the old town that's innovative and pollution-free.
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Dates with destiny
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 03/11/2013
» Farmer Wiroj Sakulpan, 50, was unsure about taking out a loan to get into date palm growing, but put his apprehension aside when he believed it was a royal project.
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Murder in murky waters
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 17/11/2013
» Most of the crew were playing cards when the call came out that they were under attack. A speed-boat with six pirates intercepted the Sathaporn Wattana in waters off Pattani's Nong Chik district. They struck in broad daylight on Oct 2, and seven of the eight-member crew stood no chance. The eighth was an inside man, working with the pirates on a three-month criminal operation to steal some of the large amounts of cash washing over the southern Gulf of Thailand.
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Skimming off the cream
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 24/11/2013
» As his accomplice keeps watch, the scam artist moves towards an ATM early in the morning on a busy road off Sukhumvit. He quickly takes a metallic numeric keypad from his rucksack and fits it over the machine's keypad. The keypad has double-sided sticky tape on the back and fixes firmly on top.
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