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Run for your life -- every step counts
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 23/11/2017
» My topic this week is running. No, I am not going to write about rocker Toon Bodyslam and his "Forrest Gump" long-distance running campaign. But please don't run away from this column just yet.
A chance of less haze?
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 20/01/2016
» Despite the cool weather, the period between late January to March is not a pleasant time for villagers in Lampang and the other northern provinces. It is the time that haze -- caused by the swathes of smoke from forest fires and the burning of agricultural waste -- blankets the region. The man-made smog has been an inevitable seasonal event. Every year, farmers need to clear agricultural leftovers on their farms before sowing new seeds in May. In the old days, haze was tolerable. But mono-cultivation, especially large scale corn plantation, has recently forced farmers to clear large plots of land quickly for re-harvesting.