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Struggling to unearth a grain of truth
Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 02/02/2014
» The government's rice-pledging scheme, long plagued by claims of mismanagement and corruption, is facing increasing scrutiny as the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) probes into caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's involvement.
Seeds of hope in forest fight
Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 14/07/2013
» Thap Lan National Park chief Taywin Meesap guides a team of rangers to a plot showing some signs of progress in the battle to win back land lost to forest encroachment.
Shots in the park threaten nation's endangered species
Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 10/02/2013
» It was the shooting of the cat-sized krachong (mouse deer) that really made Kaeng Krachan National Park chief Chaiwat Limlikhitaksorn angry. He and a team of park officials had just arrested a group of illegal hunters who had shot the krachong for sport, along with more than 100 rare giant Asian river frogs, in November of last year inside the park.
Is Bangkok in for a 'water world' sequel?
Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 07/10/2012
» Since last year's floods inundated Bangkok, city and government officials have set about the task of dredging close to 1,000 canals to try and prevent a repeat of the catastrophe in the capital.
Koh Samet's serenity shattered by development and disputes
Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 23/09/2012
» As we arrive at the exclusive five-star beach resort on the southern tip of Koh Samet a young security guard approaches us and asks us where we think we are going.
Rayong governor, Parks chief feel the pier pressure over 'Tasteless' wharf
News, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 16/09/2012
» Abattle of wills is looming between two senior government officials over the construction of a new pier on Koh Samet which the Rayong administration says is necessary, the national parks chief says is in violation of the law and tourists say is ''tasteless''.
Can Pattaya change its spots?
News, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 26/02/2012
» Pattaya _ the painted old lady by the sea_ is about to undergo a 15 billion baht face-lift. City executives ambitiously want to turn the city into ''New Pattaya, the World Class Greenovative Tourism City'' with a ''green and clean'' environment for tourists and locals.