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A village haunted by superstition
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 14/09/2014
» More than 10 years ago a village in the northeastern province of Sakon Nakhon made headlines as the home of Thailand's most feared ghosts, known as phi pob, but these days the evil spirits appear to have simply vanished.
How Thammasat lost its faculties
Spectrum, Nattha Thepbamrung, Published on 22/09/2013
» When second-year arts student Saran Chuchai, 20, hung posters around Thammasat earlier this month of her simulating sex while wearing a uniform she triggered a debate that has forced the university to question its position as the bastion of academic liberalism in Thailand.
Are homeless expats living on Easy Street?
Spectrum, Published on 25/08/2013
» Sylvester, a 61-year-old African-American, spends his nights on the beach in central Pattaya. When it rains he runs across the street to sleep in a dark corner of a glitzy shopping mall.
Seeds of hope in forest fight
Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 14/07/2013
» Thap Lan National Park chief Taywin Meesap guides a team of rangers to a plot showing some signs of progress in the battle to win back land lost to forest encroachment.
Can Myanmar cinema get a second act?
Spectrum, Published on 14/07/2013
» During its 93-year history, Myanmar's film industry has experienced more than its fair share of ups and downs. However, to say that its downward spiral began following the 1962 coup that brought the military and a socialist regime to power _ as many commentators contend _ isn't entirely accurate. Total shutdowns preceded the coup and an arguably more sinister atmosphere developed decades afterwards it.
Slum dwellers say hospital puts profit before principles when treating poor
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 07/04/2013
» Last Christmas Eve, teenager Ice was helping prepare for a party in his Klong Toey community when a fight broke out near the stage and gunshots were fired.
Locked away and forgotten: inside a high security jail
Spectrum, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 04/11/2012
» At two security checkpoints visitors are frisked and scanned with metal detectors. No sharp objects, no liquids, no metals, no mobile phones or gadgets.
PETS IN THAILAND VI Dog bites man _ part 2
Spectrum, Published on 15/07/2012
» As we were sitting in an outdoor restaurant recently, a foreign patron, dressed in shorts and sandals, went to the toilet and when he came back, he disturbed a cat sleeping under his chair. It howled and attached itself to his leg. It dug its claws into his leg and bit down hard. Finally, it was pried off the man's leg by someone else at the table, leaving a mess of blood and deep scratches behind.
The murder that shocked even Cambodia
Spectrum, Luke Hunt, Published on 06/05/2012
» In Cambodia, the murder of a high-profile environmentalist has sent shockwaves around a country which has never shaken-off its reputation for violence, corruption and a culture of impunity among the ruling political and moneyed classes.
Voices of the silent
Spectrum, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 11/03/2012
» Last Thursday was International Women's Day, an occasion that for a century has served for people to demand greater civil rights, representation and equality; to honour wives, mothers and girlfriends and the accomplishments of women; to call for an end to global hunger and poverty; and, increasingly, to highlight the plight of refugees and the displaced.