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Blazes at bird's nest caves leave industry in soup
Oped, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 18/09/2021
» My friends call me a foodie because of my boundless passion for hunting delicious food and trying new menus. Even so, there are only a few dishes that I intentionally skip -- among them are shark fin and bird's nest soups.
Whale of a problem on city pavements
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 17/10/2019
» Once in a blue moon, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) surprises me with a campaign that actually shows encouraging results.
Taking road safety into our own hands
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 04/01/2019
» Yesterday marked the end of the "seven dangerous days" -- the annual New Year festival period when roads become deadly and the death toll rises. Another such annual deadly week happens during Songkran in April.
Greening the palm oil supply chain
Asia focus, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 08/05/2017
» 2016 will be remembered as the year of clear blue skies and clean air in the southern peninsula of Southeast Asia. For the first time in nearly two decades, choking haze from fires set to clear land for oil palm plantations was reduced significantly, in keeping with a promise made by Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
Now we can see the forests and the trees
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 25/04/2016
» The mercury is rising and there is nothing we can do about it. So we hide in our rooms keeping cool to the sound of electricity-guzzling air conditioners and try to ponder the reasons for the heat exceeding 44C.
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.
Govt needs to face reality over forest preservation
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 17/10/2015
» Mention “Bang Kajao”, a green area next to Samut Prakan’s Phra Pradaeng District, and what springs to mind? Some may think of an area that is the “lung” for Bangkok or a popular bicycle route that brings cyclists to a traditional orchard landscape.
Unknown author takes out prestigious SEA Write Award
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 23/10/2015
» First-time published writer, Veeraporn Nitiprapha, has won the SEA Write Award for her first book, Saiduan Tabod Nai Khaowongkot (A Blind Earthworm in a Labyrinth).
Force of nature
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 16/09/2015
» When the 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit the Northern province of Chiang Rai on May 5 last year, artist Angkrit Ajchariyasophon stayed safe at home far away from the epicentre. A few days after the quake, the Chiang Rai native took pictures of the aftermath -- the broken statue of Lord Buddha, cracks in the walls, subsided land and buildings left in rubble.
Forgotten questions, important answers
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 20/05/2014
» Have you forgotten Forget Me Not?