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The great Covid self-test kit challenge
Oped, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 23/07/2021
» Finally, I got it. No. No, not the coronavirus, at least for now. What I got is an Covid-19 antigen test kit -- a rapid self-test that can provide the result in 30 minutes.
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Pollution taints seaside community's prosperity
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 09/02/2020
» Bangkok's seaside neighbour Samut Sakhon is known for many things -- as a fishing hub, a thriving seafood market, and also as the largest location of Myanmar's migrant community in Thailand.
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The case for more female leaders
Asia focus, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 10/04/2017
» During a school swimming class, an East German girl with pale blonde hair stood at the edge of the high diving board, staring down at the pool below for 45 minutes. Just before the class bell rang, she finally jumped. Angela Merkel was determined to overcome her fears, no matter how long it took.
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Sharing one's gifts
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 21/10/2016
» Witoon Krungthong has been pedalling his bicycle around sois and communities to offer cloth dyeing services for 18 years. The industrial textile industry may have made the profession of artisan cloth dyeing redundant, but Witoon still finds customers willing to pay him to turn their clothes black.
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From salt to solar
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 14/09/2016
» If this year's severe drought returns next dry season, Uncle Wai Rodtayoy and other salt farmers in tambon Koek Kharm of Samut Sakhon, known as the country's largest sea-salt-farming area, will see mounting debts.
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Sustainable tourism planned for Phi Phi
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 08/08/2016
» July and August are supposed to be quiet months in the Andaman tourism calendar because of the monsoon. Yet recently at Maya Beach -- a renowned little sandy cove in Koh Phi Phi Lay -- the scene was lively with a swarm of visitors. European holidaymakers wandered around trying to find a vacant spot for sunbathing. Chinese tourists walked in groups, following flag-waving tour guides. Muslim women in black niqab waded into crystal-clear water along the shore.
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At our fished ends
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 23/09/2015
» With 2,600km of coastline, Thailand has always been blessed by its vast supply of seafood. But when it comes to knowledge about the supposed abundance of our sea, most of us are clueless.
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History not as advertised
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 29/06/2015
» Non-fiction historical books are becoming more and more popular among Thai readers. The latest report from Publishers and Booksellers Association of Thailand (Pubat) stated that there was a rise in sales of books with historical subjects, while figures for self-help and dhamma literature were going down.
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Urban, yet green
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 08/06/2015
» What do people do when visiting Siam Square? At Bangkok's nucleus of youth culture and weekend activity, some naturally think of shopping, while others consider the area a top choice for meeting friends or having a first date.
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Tha Maharaj community mall blends old and new
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 27/03/2015
» Maharaj Road, particularly the section that runs from Thammasat University to Tha Tien pier, is known as a hub of amulet trading, as well as a place to find idiosyncratic second-hand goods such as eight-track tapes, old dentures or bottled voodoo babies (real and fake). But keeping with the trend of gentrifying old neighbourhoods, there is new hype about the area in the form of Tha Maharaj, a gleaming community mall by the river that opened on March 14.
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