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Bangkok’s baffling booze ban
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 02/08/2015
» By 7pm, the six employees of the Hunsa bar had gathered around the white wooden table to eat their home-made kanom jeen, a dish consisting of rice vermicelli served with curry.
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A clash of spirits
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 07/06/2015
» The houses of the Christians stand in stark contrast to the rest of the households where the roofs are thatched with cogon grass. Located on the lower end of a mountain range in the remote North, the homes of the converts are equipped with television sets and have roofs of corrugated iron that glisten silver in the sun, which are forbidden under animistic Lua beliefs that centre on spirits.
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Where sex pests turn to talk dirty
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 14/06/2015
» As a new voice on the Samaritans of Thailand suicide prevention hotline, Manee* had been warned she would be a target for callers seeking sexual gratification. Although the job was still unfamiliar territory, she was ready and had rehearsed her response in her head. “We’re not here for that,” she would would say firmly.
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Critics threaten to push for charter vote boycott
News, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 14/06/2015
» A group of prominent figures, academics and politicians will campaign to deter people from voting on the charter if the government does not lift its restrictions on freedom of political expression.
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Wild cats, cocaine and claims of a police set-up
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 21/06/2015
» A calendar in the children’s room marks the number of days their mother has been in jail. Alongside it, pictures and drawings they have made of her are pinned to a large board.
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It’s who you know, not what you know, says outspoken academic
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 28/06/2015
» Rattana Lao is a recipient of the Ananda Mahidol Scholarship. She has a doctorate in Comparative and International Education (Political Science) from Columbia University’s Teachers College and is currently a lecturer at Thammasat University’s Faculty of Learning Sciences and Education.
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Do we really want to be just like Singapore?
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 12/07/2015
» The meeting on June 15 at the Chatuchak district office lasted less than an hour. By the end of the month, the 14 licensed street-food vendors were told, they would have to move out.
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Finding dignity in death
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 19/07/2015
» Sixty-year-old Sukjai* lies on a raised hospital bed, her stomach bloated as if she was several months pregnant.
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Brewing up trouble with Bangkok's rebel beer buffs
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 17/05/2015
» Dubbed Thailand’s “Silicon Valley” of brewers among the craft beer community, Nonthaburi province is where it all began. It was where Wichit Saiklao, an army colonel, started Chitbeer, after two attempts at brewing in his condominium failed. It was also where all eight members of the Sandport beer collective grew up, while a major malt importer has an office in Pak Kret district. The island of Koh Kret even hosts beer-tasting nights on Fridays.
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Murder suspect's dad dies
News, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 17/05/2015
» The father of Wai Phyo, a suspect in the murders of British tourist Hannah Witheridge and David Miller on Koh Tao last year, passed away on Thursday at his home in Myanmar.
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