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Time to stop poisoning our precious land, resources
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 06/05/2016
» All that glitters is not gold. This old saying can aptly apply to Thailand's gold mining industry or, for that matter, the mining industry in general.
Deadly consequences of doing things the 'Thai way'
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 22/04/2016
» By now, we have all learned about the toll that road accidents exacted on Thai motorists during the "seven dangerous days" of Songkran.
The politics of 'commission' payments
Oped, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 01/04/2016
» Corruption and Thailand are not exactly synonymous. But one can say they have co-existed for a very long time and at almost all levels of Thai society.
NCPO underestimates activists' strength
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 18/03/2016
» Just when you thought things couldn't get any worse, things get worse.
Mae Wong dam, cable car debates rear their ugly heads
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 04/03/2016
» Why am I not surprised that someone has proposed that two development projects be revived, again?
Environment under Section 44 attack
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 05/02/2016
» Ever since the military took power, the environment has come under constant assault on the pretext of protecting national security and accelerating national economic development.
Media must clean up act, starting in the newsroom
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 22/01/2016
» Actor Tridsadee "Por" Sahawong's illness and death were both a saviour and a curse for the news media.
Govt must act fast to stem scourge of climate change
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 20/11/2015
» Netizens were up in arms earlier this week when news surfaced that the government was on the verge of spending 20 million baht to send 81 officials to the upcoming global climate change conference in Paris. Insider information exposed the budget request to dispatch the throng of officials to the event to an outraged public.
Waste treatment alone cannot purify putrid canal water
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 06/11/2015
» When one looks at the state of Bangkok canals today, it is hard to imagine that they were once filled with clear, clean water teeming with aquatic life.
Prospects look grim for citizens fighting developers
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 23/10/2015
» A group of people have wasted a good chunk of 13 years of their lives going to-and-fro to fight unnecessary lawsuits in court, and for what? To simply reiterate a constitutional principle that people have rights to peaceful assembly and free speech.