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Public enemy No.1: Extreme poverty
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 29/12/2017
» When I look back through 2017, "Thailand 4.0" seems to be the most frequently used buzzword of the government this year. We have repeatedly heard and seen authorities' attempts to "digitalise" the economy and various services.
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.
Water scarcity calls for nationwide change
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 03/10/2015
» As the threat of prolonged drought becomes imminent, questions mount over whether the country needs new water management in order to better deal with the “new normal” of water scarcity.
Pak Bara critics undaunted by S44
Oped, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 01/05/2015
» Despite the government's threat to use the draconian Section 44 law in pushing the Pak Bara deep-sea port project in Satun, southern people and a network of conservation groups are undaunted, ready for a major fight.
When building fences beats taking offence
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 01/02/2013
» I'm no fan of apps nor of online games. Yet the news on Monday about the launch of Human Fence, an app created by Greenpeace Southeast Asia and the Tha Sala community in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, prompted me to download it to my Facebook page right away.
Moon in the gutter
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 06/04/2012
» The Publishers & Booksellers Association of Thailand (Pubat) will surely hate me. But I am not a big fan of the national book fair.