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The top 10 don’t-do list
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 03/04/2016
» A 57-year-old Chiang Mai woman was charged with inciting rebellion last week for posting a photo of herself with a red plastic bowl on Facebook. The bowl, to sprinkle people with water during Songkran, also happened to carry a message from fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. She faces the prospect of up to seven years’ jail if convicted of sedition.
On Nut vendors face eviction as developer moves in
News, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 11/10/2015
» On Nut’s lively night market is the latest area to be targeted by developers, with hundreds of vendors being told they have just 11 days to clear out.
Do we really want to be just like Singapore?
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 12/07/2015
» The meeting on June 15 at the Chatuchak district office lasted less than an hour. By the end of the month, the 14 licensed street-food vendors were told, they would have to move out.
The need for compassion when lives are on the line
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 01/02/2015
» ‘Hello, I need someone to talk to. Who wants to talk to me?” asked Sai. “I have a secret that I can’t tell, not even to my family members.”
The battle to ban asbestos
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 30/11/2014
» Depending on which medical expert you listen to, Thailand has either recorded just five cases of asbestos-related illness in its history, or use of the controversial material is a lurking menace affecting up to 1,000 people every year.
Out of step with the junta
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 08/06/2014
» A few days after the overthrow of the caretaker government by a military coup, 44-year-old Amnart took down a 16m banner that he erected in front of his house in Khon Kaen’s Muang district.
Amata focuses on Vietnam
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 08/03/2014
» Somhatai Panichewa takes pride in being the promotional representative of the first foreign industrial estate established on Vietnamese soil in 1994.
Industrial estates set to go green
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 30/01/2014
» German consultant Andreas Koenig has been hired by the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) to help develop eco-industrial parks.
Industry tries eco-town approach with communities
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 29/10/2013
» The Industry Ministry plans to develop eco-industrial towns in 11 provinces across four regions as part of efforts to improve the industrial sector so that it can co-exist with local communities under a five-year plan ending in 2018.
'Rubber city' confirmed for Songkhla
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 07/10/2013
» The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) has approved a 1.13-billion-baht plan to establish a "rubber city" in the southern province of Songkhla by 2016.