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Making money from our resources
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 23/07/2018
» Since the military government came to power, new economic policies have been rolled out and economic catchphrases coined.
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Tigers, greed: The modern Thai temple
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 06/06/2016
» Among the most notorious of the influential monks, it's Luang Ta Chan, otherwise known as Phra Archan Phusit Khantitharo, the abbot of the Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi, who amazes me the most.
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To squat or not?
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 09/05/2016
» Like religion and politics, toilet etiquette is a touchy subject. The latest proof is the debate on the future of traditional squat toilets in Thailand after a new law on the manufacturing standard of toilet seats came into effect on April 23. The law has provoked discussion and even fear that the state will ban the use of squat toilets, archaic but cheap household facilities that are still used in rural areas, as well as many houses and buildings.
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Banana split
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 17/08/2016
» High on the list of fruits Thais cannot live without is kluai namwa, or cultivated banana, a tropical strand only grown in South and Southeast Asia. The cultivated banana has long been an affordable, ubiquitous food staple for Thais, the same way apples are for Westerners.
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Serving the story of seafood
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 01/07/2015
» 'This kula fish comes from Laem Krabi area in Krabi province. The man who caught it is a local fishermen named Bang Meng," explains Supaporn Anuchiracheeva, a representative of Earth Net Foundation, as she picks the threadfin fish from an ice tray. Then she continued with the detailed background of the catch.
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Into the forest
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 07/10/2015
» It is hard to believe Sahwing Indharangsri when he says his village and the forest around it was once inhabited by wild animals.
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New Rail Dept has a very long journey ahead
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 25/05/2019
» More than 120 years since the nation's first railway was built, 20 years after the the BTS Skytrain's launch and 15 years after the MRT subway's birth, the Rail Department, a state body to oversee all rail transport operators, has finally come to life.
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Facing disruption on the digital Silk Road
Business, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 27/07/2018
» While manufacturing has helped China skyrocket from a backward socialist country to a global economic powerhouse, the country is still faced with the challenges of disruptive digital technology.
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Cooler heads needed to end wildlife woes
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 16/11/2017
» Following media reports about the killings of three rare, wild gaur in Kao Phang Ma, a forest area near Khao Yai in Wang Nam Khieo district of Nakhon Ratchasima last week, police and national park officials were quick to say poachers were the culprits.
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Hong Kong connects
Asia focus, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 16/10/2017
» Two decades after its return to the "motherland", some people lament that Hong Kong is not the place it used to be. Political protest, symbolised by the "Umbrella Movement" of 2014, has tarnished the island's image of stability and Western-style open society. The tightening grip of Beijing has worn down the territory's mojo, to the dismay of the creative classes, artists and publishers who helped make Hong Kong a bastion of freedom of expression in Asia.
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