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Persistence pays off
Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 13/10/2025
» For Chartchai Luangcharoen, failure was never the end but the beginning. Once a struggling farmer in Ban Jamrung of Rayong province, he faced poor harvests, market rejections and scepticism from neighbours.
Mon Cham residents to petition King on resort conflict
Online Reporters, Published on 05/09/2022
» Hundreds of protesters will converge on Bangkok and submit a petition to His Majesty the King seeking to stop forestry authorities from dismantling resorts on the popular Mon Cham mountain in Chiang Mai.
Unfair laws in tourism need overhaul
Oped, Published on 09/06/2022
» For the past two years, Thailand's tourism industry has been in a coma due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Giant demolition order posted at B20m resort in Kanchanaburi
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 18/02/2022
» KANCHANABURI: National park authorities on Friday posted a huge demolition notice at a 20-million-baht resort that encroaches on Sri Nakarin Dam National Park in Sri Sawat district.
Securing our digital future
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 22/11/2021
» Paying bills and transferring money using a mobile phone is now second nature for most people in the digital era. My own digital journey started later than some, when the Covid-19 pandemic started to affect my life profoundly. Banks and restaurants were closed and commuting on public transport made me uncomfortable.
Ranger attacked as buildings torn down
News, Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 02/09/2020
» A park ranger narrowly escaped being hit by gunfire after he and his colleagues demolished a group of illegal resorts in Mae Rim National Park, Chiang Mai province.
Exploring Bangkok's green lung
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 23/07/2020
» Grey clouds have been creeping into the sky over Bang Kachao, the green area in Samut Prakan's Phra Pradaeng district, since morning. Sooner or later, rain will blanket the community to cool down a sweltering day.
Resort evictions ordered
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/12/2019
» The Royal Forest Department has served eviction orders on three resorts illegally built inside the forest zone at Mon Cham in Chiang Mai province.
Landowners panic over tax changes
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 26/12/2019
» Operators of homestay and home-sharing premises will soon face much higher commercial property tax than buy-to-let homeowners who pay residential rates, the Finance Ministry says.
Airbnb, state agencies aid homestay operators
Business, Published on 21/10/2019
» Airbnb has partnered with the Interior Ministry's Department of Local Administration (DLA) and Government Savings Bank (GSB) to promote and train homestay operators nationwide.