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Gold rush crawls to a standstill
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 06/12/2015
» It was a billion-baht aerial survey of potential mineral deposits that sparked an enthusiastic start to gold mining in Thailand 32 years ago. Foreign investors were wooed and local communities were excited about the idea of new roads leading into their villages.
Pay coconuts, get monkeys
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 06/09/2015
» The next time you drink canned coconut milk, look at the label. If it’s produced in Thailand, the coconuts have most likely been collected by monkeys — specifically, southern pig-tailed macaques.
Cracking the code to freedom
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 30/08/2015
» About three months after his arrest on lese majeste charges, Surapak Phuchaisaeng was certain the evidence against him had been doctored.
BMCL set for 11% income rise
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 28/03/2014
» The SET-listed Bangkok Metro Plc (BMCL), operator of the subway, expects an 11% increase in revenue this year as ridership continues to surge.
Manop happy to return to his roots
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 24/02/2014
» When Manop Kaewkoi quit his job and returned to the family homestead in Surin province to grow and start selling organic rice two years ago, his mother was greatly upset because she did not want her son to end up a poor farmer like the rest of the family. She even refused to accept any money from him.
'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.
Double A to reap B5.8bn from plants
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 25/06/2013
» National Power Supply Plc (NPS) expects its two biofuel power plants would contribute an additional 5.85 billion baht per year to the company's revenue from 2016 onwards.