Thanik Maseepitak, a red businessman, erected a state-of-the-art radio mast and equipped a broadcasting studio in Khon Kaen early in 2010, only for it to be ruled illegal.

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Capturing such striking images comes with its dangers, as Kos discovered in the early 1990s when the yacht she was photographing capsized while she was at the top of its 18 meter mast.

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