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Wishful thinking
News, Postbag, Published on 25/05/2021
» Re: "Now not the time for 'vaccine politics", (BP, May 22).
A disappearing river
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 24/03/2021
» Artist Disorn Duangdao is one of the many people who has seen the Mekong River in Chiang Khong, Chiang Rai, change from muddy brown to an aquamarine colour. Although the blue river looks beautiful to tourists, it is actually a sign that the river is starving of vital sediment because dams in China are preventing it from flowing downstream. Another negative impact caused by the dam is that the river has dried up so much that the rocks in the bed can be seen for the first time.
Farmers reel as rains hit 40-year low
News, Post Reporters, Published on 20/07/2019
» Upcountry villagers are facing the worst drought in 40 years, which has led to fears that tap water is on the verge of drying up in some provinces.
A drought of understanding
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 09/05/2016
» Tonight there will be a new moon. According to the Thai lunar calendar, tomorrow will be the first day of the sixth month. And that reminds me of the classic Thai country song Fon Duen Hok (Rain Of The Sixth Month) and its famous description of rice fields at this time of year, when the air is moist with light rain and filled with the resonating frog calls that mark the beginning of monsoon season.
Growing rice with little water
Jon Fernquest, Published on 24/04/2012
» Heavy rains with floods, then no rain & farmers who can't grow crops, new kind of rice for this new reality in Thailand.
Thailand's rice sector doomed?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/04/2012
» Thai rice sector may be heading towards corruption-plagued government-to government trading, business given to companies that do business with the politicians in power, many exporters may be wiped out.