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Thailand's crisis communication needs rethinking
Oped, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 08/10/2022
» The renewed interest in transistor radios is just so bemusing, even to those who own a set and use it for news updates like myself.
PM Ardern wins people's hearts
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 01/03/2021
» When New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visited Thailand for the East Asia Summit in 2019, she surprised officials and media waiting at the airport for the world's youngest PM.
Rainy days ahead unless we fix floods
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 23/08/2017
» The sea gypsies of Koh Lipe, a tourist island in the Andaman Sea, have had a close relationship with water all their lives. Water for them is intrinsic and very much tied to the phases of the moon. In times of high tide or heavy monsoon, water will cover parts of their land, but these seafarers have learned to cope, and they even commute on boats. Rising water levels have never been a major concern for these people, at least until recently.
The quest for a sustainable Songkran
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 13/04/2016
» Water splashing never came with guilt, until recently. This is Songkran, and water is the currency that we once spent as if there were no tomorrow.
Without new toxic waste laws, we stay contaminated
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 22/04/2014
» Fear of toxic pollution from the recent blazes at a rubbish dump in Samut Prakan's Phraeksa area seem to have disappeared from our collective attention as soon as it disappeared from the headlines. However, the many health risks it poses have not gone away.
U-tapao!Wehave a problem
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 05/07/2012
» Suddenly we're talking about clouds and weather. Our society, politicians mostly, have become curious and highly concerned about the issue of climate change, and the complex data that is part and parcel of atmospheric study. Such attention is a big departure from the lukewarm interest Thailand and our policy makers have shown in the past.