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    A place among the dead

    Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 26/07/2016

    » Cemeteries are a sanctuary for the dead and the mourners. But the Bangkok Protestant Cemetery on Charoen Krung 72/5, known as Soi Susan Farang, has been known as a tourist attraction, due to the beautiful architecture of the memorial sites and splendidly carved gravestones. The cemetery, besides being one of the oldest burial grounds that remain unaffected by the urban development of the city, has a cultural value as a testament of foreign cultures present in Thailand from the mid-19th century until the present day.

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    On the same page

    Muse, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 21/01/2017

    » When Nalin Vanasin, a 43-year-old entrepreneur and mother of two, volunteered to work for Neilson Hays Library, she remembered seeing many eyebrows raised. A few of her friends even asked whether people still go to the library. Such a condescending attitude is somehow understandable. In our digital world, physical books are going out of date. Libraries, known as the fortresses of intellectuals for over two millennia, have become relics of the past.

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    The reluctant activist

    Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 25/04/2016

    » The reign of the current government is not the perfect time for protesting. Anyone who raises voices against the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) might be summoned by the army for "attitude adjustment". Still, there are a few activists who dare to defy the military government -- among them is Somnuck Jongmeewasin.

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    Unconventional conservationist

    Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 02/03/2016

    » By look and temperament, Sasiprapa Raisanguan, a 22-year-old staff member at the Centre for Protection & Revival of Local Community Rights (CPCR), doesn't fit the stereotype of a Thai conservationist. She is no starry-eyed tree-hugger clad in natural-dye cotton, nor does she have a hemp rucksack or ride a bicycle to reduce her carbon footprint. At our interview in Chiang Mai, Sasiprapa arrives on her motorcycle, which she calls "a practical choice" to getting around the northern city where her office is.

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    Drought, fishing scandals and winding roads

    Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 23/12/2015

    » In the past year, environmental disasters once again proved how much of an impact they have on everyone's lives: the air we breathe (the haze in the South, blown over from Indonesia); the water we use (the contentious Chao Phraya roads); the lights we see (the coal-fired power plants); the ground beneath our feet (the gold mining scandals); the food we eat (the fishery disputes). In all of this, local communities and the rural poor feel the heat and the fire more than Bangkok's urbanites and they're the people who keep showing public resistance against environmental problems and the depletion of natural resources, despite the grip of military rule.  

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    Sustaining environmental activism

    Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 21/10/2015

    » The demography of environmental activists in Thailand has shifted. The pioneering generation, those inspired by the life and death of the late Sueb Nakhasathien, the forest official who committed suicide in what is believed to be a protest against bureaucratic hopelessness, have started retiring, or feel too tired and have moved into other fields.

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    Changing the future to preserve the past

    Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 12/01/2015

    » Change is coming to the National Library of Thailand (NLT). Anyone who visits the compound can see construction workers on scaffolding replacing tiles. The Vajiraya Building that houses works and book collections of King Rama VI is temporarily closed for renovation.

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    Environment for disaster

    Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 15/12/2014

    » The year 2014 hasn't been entirely memorable — in a good way, at least — when considering the progress of environmental campaigns.

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    A golden opportunity for change

    Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 04/06/2014

    » Everything that glitters is gold, but not for villagers at Ban Na Nong Bong, who live at the edge of a gold mine in Loei province. Since Thung Kham arrived to extract gold in 2003, villagers have complained that the company is poisoning its water source and farmland and harming their health.

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    Top environmental news of 2013

    Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 08/01/2014

    » The Pollution Control Department (PCD) last week released a list of the top 10 environmental new stories of 2013. The list was created from a poll of environmental news reporters. Here's a recap.

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