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Worlds apart: Maniq confront modern life
Spectrum, King-oua Laohong, Published on 27/05/2018
» A cluster of children from the Maniq ethnic group are doing something their ancestors may have never been able to picture -- watching a TV show.
Coupster with the smarts keeps eye on main game
Spectrum, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 20/05/2018
» Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha is writing a new page of history for himself as the chief coup maker who has adopted lessons learnt previously by his predecessors as he strives to hang on to power, observers say.
Getting to graduation with leaps, rebounds
Spectrum, Father Joe Maier, Published on 22/04/2018
» Dressed in graduation cap and gown, pink ribbons in her hair, Miss Pu Glin posed for her first-ever official photo looking regal and confident. She even had a hint of swagger.
A new Klong Toey: the path of the pigs is no more
Spectrum, Father Joe Maier, Published on 18/03/2018
» He got to the Slaughter House maybe a month before she did. She: Ms Teacher. Uncle (although he wasn't "Uncle-old," but with his thick glasses, just kinda looked like you should call him "Uncle") Teacher Gimp. Calling him Gimp didn't seem offensive, although maybe it was, but the kids he taught for months and years in the Slaughter House Slum accepted him for what he was: a gimp, with thick glasses, virtues, and warts and wrinkles, all wrapped up together.
Govt plots route out of watery hell
Spectrum, Patpon Sabpaitoon and Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 11/03/2018
» Some were stuck at sea, or stranded on islands, for years. Others were drugged and then woke up offshore, turned into slaves overnight. All were lied to, and those lucky enough to be rescued all told similar stories of a "living hell" on board Thailand's fishing boats.
Of beers and bodily functions
Spectrum, Dwight Garner, Published on 18/02/2018
» Trickster, tinkerer, inventor, parodist -- at 86, Robert Coover is the last man standing, alongside John Barth, who is 87, of a post-war generation of postmodern experimental writers that included John Hawkes, William Gaddis and William Gass.
New condos on track
Spectrum, Surachet Kongcheep, Published on 21/01/2018
» The development and expansion of mass-transit lines in Bangkok has had a profound impact on the real estate market over the past 15 years. Many areas of the capital have changed dramatically with the arrival of new residential and commercial developments located close to mass-transit stations.