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A fund for toxic waste
Oped, Editorial, Published on 24/04/2024
» Accidents involving toxic waste are not unusual in Thailand. With weak law enforcement and irresponsible operators, Thai society has been affected by several accidents and threats caused by toxic waste management or the lack thereof.
'Kaem ling' still needed
Oped, Editorial, Published on 10/10/2020
» Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang will be remembered as someone who has been quite active in implementing flood prevention measures.
A watershed moment for Thai mining
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 23/03/2018
» This month marks a landmark moment for the mining industry.
Death comes too easy in our land of perils
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 28/06/2017
» Thai society is lamenting the tragic death of five people who fell into a wastewater treatment pond at Charoen Pokphand Foods Plc's (CPF) poultry processing plant last week.
Environment loses as rays of hope dim
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 19/10/2016
» Mysterious deaths of giant freshwater stingrays in the Mae Klong River. Lead contamination at Klity Creek in Kanchanaburi. The pollution of the Pong River in Khon Kaen.
The man, his maps, and his people
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 17/10/2016
» The King rarely smiled -- that was the broad perception of many people about the late monarch, presumably gained from his appearance in news photos or video footage. "The King never smiles" is the perception of a Western writer who scripted a controversial book about him. But for millions of Thais, his solemn face did not matter. The presence of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, or even a thought about of him, brought smiles to their own faces.
Murky pond incident casts doubts on KU
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 13/09/2016
» As the 19-year-old first-year student from Kasetsart University lies in a coma, questions about the incident from college administrators and the public seem to focus on whether the pond in which he was told to swim was filled with wastewater or natural rainwater.