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Thailand wobbles toward its place in the sun
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 09/09/2017
» Thailand may at last be entering the 21st century in terms of energy management, albeit slowly and with a wobble.
The climate truth we can no longer ignore
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 26/08/2017
» Not so long ago, the prospect of fundamental climate change appeared to be a remote possibility.
Fight like a bulldog, persevere like a bee
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 12/08/2017
» Two decades ago, Jintana Kaewkhao found herself thrust into the public limelight as she led local opposition against a coal-fired power plant project close to her home in Ban Krut of Prachuap Khiri Khan province.
Censure the censors for too much vaseline
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 29/07/2017
» Back when I was at school, we had classes called "Morality". They taught us how to behave and how to be a good person.
Migrants breathe new life into ageing society
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 15/07/2017
» If there is one thing Thailand has done as well as any developed country, it is in managing her population. The nation was able to keep growth under control years before other developing countries jumped on the bandwagon.
Going round in rubbish management circles
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 08/07/2017
» Junta leader Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has been featured in the current campaign to reduce the consumption of plastic bags. The campaign, being run by the Department of Environmental Quality Promotion, urges people to use cloth bags instead.
Prayut's questions attract ridicule, not input
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 16/06/2017
» Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha's proposed four questions must have many people stumped. What is he thinking? What's the purpose of posing such questions out of the blue?
'The Thai Way' clogs up our flooded city
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 02/06/2017
» After a long period of hot and humid but rainless weather, the sky finally opened up in Bangkok. The rain came in torrents that quickly overwhelmed the city's drainage capacity.
With river sacrifice, regime yields to Beijing
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 19/05/2017
» The only thing that stands between China and its ambition to co-opt the Mekong as its own is opposition by Thai grassroots activists.
It's time to rethink road safety strategy
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 05/05/2017
» Can anyone still remember the brouhaha over traffic crackdowns imposed by a Section 44 announcement a few weeks back?