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Here comes the boom in Buri Ram
Spectrum, Published on 21/09/2014
» When China’s fourth-largest oil company arrived in Buri Ram earlier this year to start exploration work on private land, many of the local villagers thought they had struck it rich.
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Bua Yai’s battle to go it alone
Spectrum, Published on 28/09/2014
» More than a decade ago, Bua Yai district native Jamras Panpiansilp, 54, lost his father to a cerebral haemorrhage.
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Farming out new ideas, or replanting old seeds?
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 02/11/2014
» The Prasert Singsuksri family has farmed rice for four generations in Ayutthaya's Bang Sai district, where a typical pioneer farm during his grandfather's era would start out with 5-10 rai of land.
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Privates as public property
Spectrum, Published on 09/11/2014
» 'Well, we order pizza here sometimes, but only after we get permission." Pte Sathaporn Kornpisetsagul even sought authorisation to reveal this information, checking with superiors who listened as Spectrum interviewed conscripts at the Territorial Defence Command in inner Bangkok.
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The problems with impeachment
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 16/11/2014
» As state agencies weigh corruption charges against former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra over the rice-pledging scheme, legal experts are questioning the legality of an impeachment.
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Lost in the forest without a good map
Spectrum, Published on 23/11/2014
» Lt Gen Chaiyuth Promsuk, who is in charge of the Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc) environment division, is due to retire in a year, but has taken on the biggest challenge of his military career.
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Embracing militias with open arms
Spectrum, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 23/11/2014
» Two village defence volunteers stood timidly, holding unloaded M1 carbine rifles, with a group Ban Paku primary school students when a group of Bangkok journalists visited last week. The Pattani school had been torched a month earlier.
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The power struggle at Salween River
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 30/11/2014
» The Salween River meanders through pristine mountain forests before reaching a camp for internally displaced people at Ei Htu Hta, near the Thai-Myanmar border. Temporary bamboo shelters dot the hills around the camp, with small solar panels attached to the thatched roofs providing power for a few hours a day.
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What's the frequency, general?
Spectrum, Published on 14/12/2014
» The northern province of Chiang Rai has 18 districts, and Jeeranan "DJ Boom" Jantawong has fans in every one. "Chiang Rai is a red province, you know," the host and manager of the province's Grass Roots Radio Station for Democracy said by way of explanation. But since the coup, it has been more difficult for her to reach them.
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Fingers on the political pulse
Spectrum, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 21/12/2014
» The three-finger salute by five Khon Kaen students in front of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha last month revived the spirit of dissent against the regime and earned them international recognition.
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