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From Pattani seas to Bangkok plates
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 02/09/2019
» Pattani, one of three restive southernmost provinces, invokes images of violence instigated by insurgency.
Government must get to grips with future of work
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 02/02/2018
» Against the backdrop of the increased role of robots and automation in the labour markets, our educators and policy-makers are trying to catch up with the future of work.
Asean urged to ease rules on workers
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 10/10/2017
» The World Bank is urging Asean member countries to ease labour restrictions so migrant workers can earn money overseas to boost welfare and deepen economic integration.
Asean 4.0
Asia focus, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 25/09/2017
» The world is in the midst of a digital transformation, and so is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean). The region of 630 million people has become a strategic battleground for the digital economy, in which established tech giants and startups alike are trying to seize market opportunities.
Greening the palm oil supply chain
Asia focus, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 08/05/2017
» 2016 will be remembered as the year of clear blue skies and clean air in the southern peninsula of Southeast Asia. For the first time in nearly two decades, choking haze from fires set to clear land for oil palm plantations was reduced significantly, in keeping with a promise made by Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
Beyond the numbers
Asia focus, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 06/03/2017
» Anyone who meets Frank Lutz, the chief financial officer (CFO) of Covestro AG, the Germany-based polymer producer, will find it hard not to notice his wristwatch. Anyone expecting to see an extravagant chronometer or bespoke timepiece favoured by corporate executives and jet-setters will have a major letdown.
Razing 'cane
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 30/03/2016
» March and April are months of haze. The white-grey smoke may be just a seasonal nuisance that exists only in the northern and southern regions in Thailand, but in a sugar plantation in Dan Chang of Suphan Buri province, haze has long been a part of the people's daily lives and of the worrisome harvesting cycle. Villagers in Dan Chang get used to dry-coughing. Smoke hangs over the roofs of their houses and seeps indoors.
Whatever the leather
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 09/12/2015
» Like many Dutch people, Anneke van der Heide Wijma uses a bicycle to get around. One day, while pedalling across Amsterdam on her way home, van derHeide Wijma saw an old sofa discarded on the street.
Serving the story of seafood
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 01/07/2015
» 'This kula fish comes from Laem Krabi area in Krabi province. The man who caught it is a local fishermen named Bang Meng," explains Supaporn Anuchiracheeva, a representative of Earth Net Foundation, as she picks the threadfin fish from an ice tray. Then she continued with the detailed background of the catch.
Commercial fishing is destroying marine ecology
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 17/04/2015
» Commercial fishing with destructive gear has long ravaged marine ecology and caused the rapid depletion of marine resources. Without public attention focusing on this grave problem, a solution will not be found.