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Legacy burns bright
Spectrum, Published on 23/10/2016
» For 10 days, tears and tributes have poured forth for a Renaissance man who became king. A musician, a photographer, an inventive and curious monarch who had an uncommon common touch when he toured the land.
The Rainmaker
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 23/10/2016
» To take part in a rainmaking mission, one has to forget safety protocol. Pilots are advised to avoid flying into thick cloud to avoid turbulence. But the mission of the rainmakers is to do precisely that.
The Rural Doctor
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 23/10/2016
» A photograph in an elegant frame, a welcoming card with a shining golden rim, an exquisite outfit -- the presents for newborn babies can be very exciting. But if a baby is born in Ubolratana Hospital in Khon Kaen, the gifts will be something different. Parents may be given trees or plants from hospital director Apisit Thamrongwaranggoon.
The Surgeon
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 23/10/2016
» When Charan Mahatumarat found out that he won His Majesty the King's Anandamahidol Scholarship in 1984 to study craniofacial surgery, he started learning the royal language from a book he purchased.
The Farmer
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 23/10/2016
» Wiwat Salyakamthorn spent years preaching to farmers about why they should adopt a sufficiency philosophy approach, but none listened until he took matters into his own hands.
The hostage crisis solved in the name of the King
Spectrum, Published on 23/10/2016
» In 1972, armed Palestinian "Black September" guerrillas seized the Israeli Embassy in Bangkok, threatened to execute the six Israelis inside and blow up the building. But just as suddenly they surrendered, saying "We love your king" when told that King Bhumibol Adulyadej was appointing his son as sole heir to the throne that very day.
Worawi's futile dribbling after final whistle
Sports, Hanif Hassan, Published on 23/10/2016
» There is always a chance that the fall from grace of a fat cat, however controversial the person may have been, can evoke some mixed feelings.
The Businessman
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 23/10/2016
» In the mountainous Doi Chang village of Chiang Rai, a vast plot of coffee crops was set on fire by its people. The villagers had returned from a 14-hour trek on foot to the bottom of the mountain shortly before. They had hoped to sell their coffee, a new crop that had been introduced by a development initiative by His Majesty the King.
We have lost our ray of sunshine
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 23/10/2016
» My life has been split evenly between two well-known and long-reigning monarchs; the first half under Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, the second under King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand.
The Sculptor
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 23/10/2016
» The moment on Nov 13, 1955, when King Bhumibol bent down to accept three withering lotuses from 102-year-old Tum Chantanit is one of the defining images of his reign.