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If the robes fit...
Spectrum, Published on 15/02/2015
» Dhammananda Bhikkhuni, an abbess at Songdhammakalayani Monastery, is on a mission: she wants to “build up a bhikkhuni sangha [female monkhood] in Thailand”.
Armed with magic, a monk eyes true power
Spectrum, Published on 08/03/2015
» His official biographers paint Phra Dhammachayo as a golden child, the "reincarnation of a crystal ball" who was destined to lead his army of followers on the path to enlightenment.
From marches to monkhood: Suthep's act of faith
Spectrum, Published on 25/01/2015
» Even though he is meant to be living a life of repose, everything revolves around Phra Suthep Papakaro at the once-sedate Suan Mok temple.
Taking the forest fight to court
Spectrum, Published on 01/02/2015
» Thap Lan National Park chief Taywin Meesap strolled through piles of windows, doors, lamps and other wreckage from bulldozed buildings at Ban Pha Ngam Resort last month.
Something rotten in the state of Thailand
Spectrum, Published on 04/01/2015
» Whether being compared to eating a sweet raspberry blancmange in a lavatory or French-kissing your dead grandmother, there is an undeniable stench attached to the durian.
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.
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.
The numbers don't add up
Spectrum, Published on 09/11/2014
» Thailand is bucking international trends by increasing its conscription intake, according to Chulalongkorn University's Surachart Bamrungsuk.
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.
The deafening silence of those defying orders
Spectrum, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 03/08/2014
» ‘Was three years in jail not enough? Why are they still chasing me, linking me with things that I don’t know about,” complained Thanthawut Taweewarodomkul, a former lese majeste convict who has been living in exile since the junta summonsed him in the first weeks after the coup.