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Nighttime venues upbeat
Published on 05/11/2023
» Businesses have welcomed the government's decision to extend opening hours for nightspots to 4am in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Chon Buri and Phuket from Dec 15.
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Big rollout fosters hope of light at the end of the tunnel
News, Published on 08/06/2021
» U-ree Dechdamrong, 78, a retired nurse, woke up at 5am as usual on Monday for her regular morning walk to boost her circulation. However, it was also to be the day she would receive her first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
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Trading up from terror
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 06/08/2017
» With the ongoing deep South insurgency in Thailand, it's hard to imagine how the provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat can start tackling issues like development when the threat of violence still lingers. The sounds of bombs and gunshots are a regular part of people's lives.
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Mission tanks as rescuers try to save sharks from bar
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 28/08/2016
» Bali-based marine rescue worker Paul Friese found it hard to take the day off work when he came to Bangkok on a visa run last month.
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Cry of the tiger
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 17/04/2016
» Chatraporn "Jang" Tamthong spends her working day caring for the dozens of tigers she has raised by hand.
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Students left under siege as day turned to nightmare
Spectrum, Published on 08/12/2013
» Phoo, a 31-year-old political science student studying at Ramkhamhaeng University usually keeps her distance from both sides of Thai politics. But last Saturday, her friends urged her to join the anti-government rally outside the campus.
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For Belarusian troupe, show must go on despite dangers
Spectrum, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 19/08/2012
» Thespians of the Belarus Free Theatre have been beaten, arrested and harassed by authorities. And husband-and-wife co-directors Nicolai Khalezin and Natalia Kaliada, as they explained to Spectrum last week while on a visit to Bangkok, are now forced to live in exile, facing prison sentences if they return home. Within Belarus _ their large landlocked country of just under 10 million people, bordered by Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Latvia and Lithuania _ the actors continue to perform in secret and at great risk to themselves and their audiences.
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Salvaging a Buddhist sanctuary
Spectrum, Tunya Sukpanich, Published on 05/02/2012
» A mong the major casualties of the recent floods was the 2,500-rai Buddhamonthon ("Buddhist park") religious park in Nakhon Pathom province. Today the park scarcely resembles the former green spiritual and recreational sanctuary in the shadow of Bangkok. The meticulously landscaped lawns are now covered with a thick layer of dried brown leaves and dead branches from trees and shrubs killed or severely shocked by the floodwaters that covered the park grounds for weeks. Many big trees were uprooted and still lie where they fell.
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