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Living every parent's nightmare
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 05/01/2014
» Eight years ago, Soraya Dankuakoon lived through the nightmare every parent dreads when her youngest son went missing while playing with a friend outside the family home.
Breathing easier in bangkok _ Part I
Spectrum, Angus Mitchell, Published on 19/01/2014
» Long-time Bangkok residents and tourists returning to Bangkok after a few decades will have noticed that the city's air quality has significantly improved. Although considerably more progress needs to be made, even now one hears of people moving to Bangkok from other Asian cities in order to escape air pollution.
Tigers' final frontier
Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 23/02/2014
» Park ranger Onsa peers out from under his cap and raises an antenna, scanning for radio signals from deep in the thick forests of Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary.
Open slaughter of elephants
Spectrum, Published on 24/11/2013
» Ninety-three kilometres along the newly built Yangon-Nay Pyi Taw highway, Myint Wai stepped into the jungle where he recently discovered the carcasses of several dead elephants. Making his way deeper into the woods of the Bago mountain range, he spoke to Spectrum about the hunters who killed the animals to trade their skins and valuable tusks.
Voices of the dammed
Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 17/11/2013
» Thong feels lost in both senses of the word. After being told the plan to build a dam on the nearby Mae Wong stream had been revived, the cassava farmer, who preferred to use a pseudonym, feels defeated in his campaign to oppose the project. He is also unsure of which direction his life will take in the wake of the decision.
A lesson in sustainability
Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 06/10/2013
» The long-term Chiew Larn reservoir study can serve as a template for other threatened forest ecosystems in the Kingdom, said Petch Manopawitr, conservation programme manager at WWF Thailand.
Ghosts in the darkness
Spectrum, Published on 29/09/2013
» High heels, blood-red lipstick, a skintight T-shirt and cut-off jeans may not be the typical dress code of a som tam street vendor.
Selecting the most suitable hotel operator
Spectrum, Published on 25/08/2013
» Thailand will continue to see a significant number of new hotels and resorts enter the market over the next five years. While many current hotel owners are expanding their portfolios, new owners are planning to enter the hotel market to tap the potential of the country's expanding tourism industry.
Gambling with Kampot's colonial charm
Spectrum, Luke Hunt, Published on 05/05/2013
» Hidden in the clouds on a mountain overlooking the provincial capital of Kampot in Cambodia's south sits a relic of a long-gone French colonial era. For decades a Catholic church, possibly the oldest in the country, remained abandoned here as wars were waged for decades on the flat lands below.
New airport could see a Pattaya take-off
Spectrum, Published on 05/05/2013
» The areas immediately to the south of Pattaya and Jomtien have long been popular with discerning residential purchasers. Lovely beaches, with views out to picturesque islands and sunsets that can take one's breath away make much of the Na Jomtien and Bang Saray coastline a lovely place to live. The impressive infrastructure just up the road in Pattaya, in the form of hospitals, shopping malls, restaurants, entertainment spots, ever-improving road connections and so on make the area wonderfully convenient.