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Stifling people’s voices
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 03/05/2015
» It takes effort to tell strangers what people’s unique homes look like, and it’s a lot more difficult when they are seen as an enemy of economic growth. So villagers from Satun, the southern coastal province on the Andaman Sea, drove 14 hours to Bangkok last week to tell people about the value of their distinctive homes through seminars and a three-day photographic exhibition at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre.
Teaching peace amid death in the deep South
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 03/05/2015
» ‘We were building good citizens for a stronger nation, you came and tore them down,” said the rector of Fatoni University. “We have been left devastated.”
US 'handed Cambodia to butcher', ambassador recalls
Published on 17/04/2015
» PARIS — Twelve helicopters, bristling with guns and US Marines, breached the morning horizon and began a daring descent toward Cambodia's besieged capital. Residents believed the Americans were rushing in to save them, but at the US Embassy, in a bleeding city about to die, the ambassador wept.
When man and beast collide
Spectrum, Published on 18/01/2015
» While footage of a male elephant trampling on vehicles in Khao Yai went viral last week, wildlife officers on the other side of the country know the problem is much more than a novel video.
Villagers squeezed out of homes as forest fight heats up
Spectrum, Published on 15/02/2015
» War widow Saen Saheng was at home with her grandchildren when 30 security guards entered her village of Prek Smach brandishing axes, sling-shots and electric cattle prods. She had lived in the village since she was a young woman.
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.
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.
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.
Trust issues cloud World Heritage bid
Spectrum, Published on 26/10/2014
» The new chief of Kaeng Krachan National Park, Kamol Nuanyai, was caught in an awkward situation last weekend.
Justice on trial in case against student
Spectrum, Published on 28/09/2014
» A young student in Myanmar had been voluntarily teaching children in a poor rural village involved in a long dispute with a Chinese mining company. Now she finds herself charged with kidnapping and faces up to 10 years in jail if found guilty.