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Moving mountains
B Magazine, Patipat Janthong, Published on 18/05/2014
» Bhutan — the very name is enough to evoke images of temples snuggled against the cliffs as if seeking escape from the mists high in the Himalayas. Perhaps more than anything, Bhutan has come to represent isolation.
Going nuts over dough
Life, Patipat Janthong, Published on 05/09/2013
» Pa tong go _ deep-fried Chinese doughnuts _ have been keeping hungry rubber farmers fuelled up after almost two weeks of protests against falling rubber prices at Ban Toon intersection in Cha-uat district of Nakhon Si Thammarat province. Thousands of protesting growers recently intensified their protest by blocking several roads and highways in the South and in Rayong province after rejecting a government cash deal.
Farmer rubbing against the grain
Life, Patipat Janthong, Published on 02/09/2013
» While a number of rubber farmers in Nakhon Si Thammarat province have been protesting for better prices, some producers in Tambon Tha Rua of Muang District have no other choice than to get on with life.
Time turns to rubber
Life, Patipat Janthong, Published on 30/08/2013
» The Cha-uat station in Nakhon Si Thammarat province turned completely quiet after protesting rubber farmers blocked the railway at the Baan Toon-Cha-uat intersection, obstructing trains from travelling from the southern provinces to Bangkok. The demonstrators want the government to shore up the price of rubber milk to 120 baht per kilogramme. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has assigned the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives to handle the protesters' demands.