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Virtual visit to Wat Arun
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 14/01/2021
» Wat Arun Ratchawararam has introduced a virtual tour for those who want to know more about the temple while it remains closed until the end of this month.
Going bananas
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 19/08/2019
» Since she was young, Naruporn Khemthong has helped her mother grow banana plants on their family's plantation in Ban Klong Krachong, Sukhothai's Sawankhalok district.
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.
To catch a (wildlife) criminal
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 30/08/2017
» A small round sample of smuggled ivory is put in a zip-locked plastic bag. Although the piece is the size of a bead, it is hard and must be hammered many times before being broken into little pieces. The specimen is put in a test tube so a freezer mill can grind and pulverise the ivory sample for a DNA test.
Full bloom
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 12/01/2017
» Seven years ago no one would have ever thought that mountain grasslands without a single tree at Phu Lom Lo in Loei would one day be a popular tourist destination.
Fishing for ethical business
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 20/08/2015
» Fresh, clean and formaldehyde-free seafood are the selling points of Fisherfolk, a joint-investment by 60 fishermen from the coastal province of Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thai Sea Watch Association, Federation of Thai Fisherfolk Association and consumers.
Blissful, unspoilt serenity
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 30/07/2015
» The morning breeze blows continuously at the long beach of Bo Nok in Prachaup Khiri Khan. Purple flowers dance in the wind while the waves break quietly on the beach.
Urban agriculture centre opens
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 26/03/2015
» Chulalongkorn University has invested about 5.6 million baht to turn the 1 rai rooftop space of the seven-storey Siam Square One shopping mall into an urban agriculture learning centre.
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.