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Fighting the vicious circle in the Golden Triangle
Spectrum, Published on 20/08/2017
» It took almost four hours to travel along the 160-kilometre mountainous route from Myanmar's town of Tachileik, bordering Chiang Rai, to Kengtung in the eastern state of Shan, but the officials from six neighbouring countries were determined to reach the town in a bid to establish an anti-drug centre in the state known to be a hotbed of drug production.
Hundreds pulled truck uphill after valley plunge
Cheewin Sattha, Published on 25/07/2017
» CHIANG MAI - More than 100 hill people in Hot district successfully pulled a fellow resident's pickup truck uphill after it plunged into a valley on its way to pick up cabbage there.
Nine 'meth mules' slain in gunfights
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/05/2017
» Nine armed drug courier suspects were killed and 700,000 methamphetamine pills seized in two standoffs during an anti-drug operation by security officers near the Thai-Myanmar border in Chiang Rai.
'Swamp cats' seen in Chiang Mai, first time in 40 years
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 17/02/2017
» Two jungle cats have been spotted at Omkoi Wildlife Sanctuary in Chiang Mai, the first time the species has been seen roaming wild in Thailand for more than 40 years
Rare Thai jungle cats turn up in forest reserve
News, Published on 17/02/2017
» Two jungle cats have been spotted at Omkoi Wildlife Sanctuary in Chiang Mai, the first time the species has been seen roaming wild in Thailand for more than 40 years, the National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department's director-general Thanya Nethithamkul says.
DPO expects 7% milk sales growth
Business, Published on 11/02/2017
» The Dairy Farming Promotion Organization (DPO), the producer of Thai-Danish dairy products, expects sales to rise by 7% to 9.05 billion baht this year, thanks to rising milk demand and its wider distribution channel.
The cream of the royal crop
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 06/11/2016
» Whenever I am at the Or Tor Kor Market, I always try to stop in at Doi Kham, the Royal Project store there. As I wander around browsing the produce and other products, I get the feeling that it is different from supermarkets or other kinds of fresh markets. Every item I pick up has a special significance. Each was grown through the skill of a farmer who was cultivating land that in some way had been damaged or degraded. It may have been used previously to grow opium poppies, or to rotate crops until the soil was depleted and all that remained was bare mountain land without vegetation.
The fruits of his labour live on
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 24/10/2016
» You might not be aware of it, but a raft of popular products and enterprises are linked to His Majesty's ingenuous work in sustainable economic development.
The strength of the land
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 23/10/2016
» I once wrote an article about His Majesty the King's Royal Project for an information and policy studies institute in London, which commissioned me to write about development issues in this part of the world.
Doi Kham to spend B1bn on factory renovations
Business, Pitsinee Jitpleecheep, Published on 04/08/2016
» Doi Kham Food Products Co, the maker and distributor of Doi Kham fruit juice and dried fruit, plans to allocate at least 1 billion baht to renovate its factory in Buri Ram province within three years.