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Krabi cops uncover memorial sculpture
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 22/03/2021
» Krabi police have found a 100 million baht sculpture commemorating the 2004 tsunami they had forgotten they were keeping, seven years after it was quietly transferred from Bangkok.
Regime push for 'Thainess' turns sinister
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 26/01/2018
» "Thainess", or Thai Niyom, has become the moniker attached to the latest fad of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and his government. First, the premier floated the idea of "Thai-style democracy", on Children's Day.
Double-edged sword called Section 44
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 06/03/2017
» At first, the interim charter's Section 44 appears like a hidden sword that a knight in shining armour brings out only to fight a justifiable cause. Indeed, Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha makes us believe so. Power and force will be used when necessary and applied constructively, we are told.
Forget coal and embrace Energy 3.0
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 20/02/2017
» The protesters are clad in green T-shirts. They raise banners which read "No Coal", "Save the Environment". The place is Government House. The scene feels like deja vu. I have to pinch myself as it seems like I am back in the late 90s, a time when environmental protests were frequent across the country.
Thai youth leaders get to quiz Obama
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 07/09/2016
» LUANG PRABANG - Two Thais will join some 200 youth leaders from Southeast Asia today in attending US President Barack Obama's town hall meeting in the historic town of Luang Prabang where they will have the chance to engage in a discussion with the president.
Banana split
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 17/08/2016
» High on the list of fruits Thais cannot live without is kluai namwa, or cultivated banana, a tropical strand only grown in South and Southeast Asia. The cultivated banana has long been an affordable, ubiquitous food staple for Thais, the same way apples are for Westerners.
Sustainable scraps of common sense
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 04/06/2015
» Last month may well be remembered as a watershed moment in the fight against our ignorance and gluttony-driven food consumption. The good news that might set precedent in the future is about French councillor Arash Derambarsh, who succeeded in passing a law to solve the food waste problem in France.