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Krabi locked in power struggle
Spectrum, Nattha Thepbamrung, Published on 15/06/2014
» ‘We have suffered a great deal of misery because of the old coal-fired plant,” says Somneug Krodsua. “It is not acceptable that they plan to build another even bigger one in the same area this time.”
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The great Phuket cleanup
Spectrum, Nattha Thepbamrung, Published on 13/07/2014
» Maj Gen Paween Pongsir’s four years of experience with Phuket police saw him dragooned from his new post in Surat Thani to return and clean up corruption in the popular tourist resort.
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Behind the wheel on hell ride
Spectrum, Nattha Thepbamrung, Published on 27/04/2014
» It’s Bangkok’s most notorious bus route, earning a dubious reputation for its erratic drivers — some unlicensed — who hurtle through traffic at breakneck speeds in congested areas in defiance of the road rules.
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Discord develops in Phuket
Spectrum, Nattha Thepbamrung, Published on 30/03/2014
» In the 1930s, parts of Phuket resembled a lunar landscape dotted with hundreds of pits, a legacy of its long history as a tin mining centre that brought hoards of Dutch, French, British and Chinese fortune-seekers to the island.
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New river fleet helps weeding go with the flow
News, Nattha Thepbamrung, Published on 24/11/2013
» With their large metallic teeth, robotic arms and garish yellow paint jobs, the city's latest acquisitions cut a striking figure while plying the Chao Phraya River.
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Soaring cost of dying
Spectrum, Nattha Thepbamrung, Published on 15/12/2013
» Mourners are forking out up to a million baht for high-end funerals that include refrigerated glass coffins to keep corpses fresh while they are on display for a week. And not only are the bereaved becoming more prepared to send their loved ones off in style, undertakers, coffin-makers and others in the funeral industry are increasingly willing to fulfil their desires.
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Police parade new toys as protesters cry overkill
News, Nattha Thepbamrung, Published on 27/10/2013
» When about 20,000 police officers were mobilised earlier this month to enforce the Internal Security Act in parts of Bangkok, they brought with them an array of shiny new crowd-control weaponry.
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