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Prayut, the fortune teller and the ghost of the guru
Spectrum, Published on 13/09/2015
» In what turned out to be a tumultuous week for Thai politics, Warin Buawiratlert, the prime minister’s fortune teller, is doing so-so with his predictions. It’s Sept 2, and Spectrum is meeting with the tall, affable 58-year-old at the shrine he built for his ancient Indian spiritual guide in the northern province of Chiang Mai.
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Subs plan tests navy to sink or swim
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 09/08/2015
» It has been 64 years since the Royal Thai Navy decommissioned their four submarines in 1951, but when they first expressed their desire to purchase a new fleet from Sweden in 1995, they ended up empty-handed due to insufficient funds.
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The long wait for the truth
Spectrum, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 06/09/2015
» Five years on, relatives of victims of the 2010 crackdown on red shirt protests are still seeking justice for the dead. As the Department of Special Investigation and the National Anti-Corruption Commission announced they were wrapping up their probes into the 99 deaths that resulted from military operations to retake areas occupied by protesters, relatives say they have more concerns than hopes regarding the outcomes of the investigations.
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Out of the jungle, but left in the wilderness
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 31/05/2015
» Sathien Jaiping has made the long journey to Government House almost every month since 2009, carrying a two-inch-thick spiral-bound stack of documents containing what he believes are the names of more than 2,000 former communist insurgents.
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Just a blip on the junta’s radar?
Spectrum, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 31/05/2015
» Accidental heroes or not, dozens of university students arrested in the heart of the capital on the anniversary of the coup just over a week ago have rattled the Goliath junta. Acts of defiance were expected as the coup-installed military government had declared it would stay in power at least for the remainder of the year.
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Kra Canal dream still far from reality
Spectrum, Published on 07/06/2015
» The idea to cut a canal across the Isthmus of Kra was shot down almost as quickly as it re-emerged. Within days of reports spreading last month that former prime minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh had signed a deal with Chinese businessmen to dig a waterway from the Gulf of Thailand to the Andaman Sea, a blunt denial was issued.
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Embracing militias with open arms
Spectrum, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 23/11/2014
» Two village defence volunteers stood timidly, holding unloaded M1 carbine rifles, with a group Ban Paku primary school students when a group of Bangkok journalists visited last week. The Pattani school had been torched a month earlier.
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