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Home-grown solutions
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 21/06/2021
» The National Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (Biotec) is testing three different Covid-19 vaccines. Its target is to have at least one vaccine enter clinical trials by September.
The sun always rises
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 10/01/2018
» Wandee Khunchornyakong always wakes up around 5am. As chairperson and CEO of Solar Power Company Group (SPCG), she likes to start her day at the top floor of the new 10-storey headquarters in Thong Lor when the Sun rises. Her working day ends late. She goes to bed at midnight. Hard work is her routine, which she has kept from a young age. Born under the sign of the dog, she turns 60 this year, but retirement is not part of the plan.
Struggle for her homeland
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 16/03/2015
» Suraida Tolee never thought that one day she would lead the people in Chana district, on the Thai-Malay border in Songkhla province, in a fight against government policies. That fight began 20 years ago, and continues to this day. Her life was at peace until she learnt that the Thailand-Malaysia gas pipeline and separation plant project would be built in her homeland as a result of the government's development policy for the South.
The good fight
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 18/08/2014
» The gates of the water treatment plant in Khlong Dan, Samut Prakan province, are closed. In fact, they have never opened since the 23.7 billion baht project was built in 1998.
A Legacy lives on
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 23/06/2014
» Death has helped Korn-uma Pongnoi learn and grow. Since her husband, Charoen Wat-aksorn, was gunned down on the night of June 21, 2004 at Bo Nok intersection, the 45-year-old has found inner strength to carry on the mission they started together two decades ago: to protect their community and its natural resources.