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End to Phuket's land scandals demands bold steps
News, Nauvarat Suksamran, Published on 31/08/2019
» The Phuket condo saga which involves firebrand politician Sira Jenjaka, a Palang Pracharath Party MP for Bangkok, and a police officer has put the chronic land issues in this tourist province under the spotlight.
It's easy being green, even in Map Ta Phut
News, Nauvarat Suksamran, Published on 08/09/2018
» News of chemical leaks and pollution caused by industrial plants has tarnished the reputation of the industrial sector. Factories are often demonised as the destroyers of the environment and livelihoods of local people.
Crafting a plan for kid bosses
News, Nauvarat Suksamran, Published on 07/10/2017
» Entrepreneurship instilled from an early age with the support of the state is cultivating a crop of promising young business-minded people in their early teens, some of whom are already making a monthly salary from their products and ideas.
Locals slam Mekong blasting plan
News, Nauvarat Suksamran, Published on 09/01/2017
» The government's aim to clear the Mekong River's rocky outcrops to ensure the smooth passage of large cargo boats has set off alarm bells for environmental activists and locals who fear the ecology in the area will be put at risk.
Battle against malaria is slowly being won
News, Nauvarat Suksamran, Published on 09/07/2016
» Thailand's jungle border areas are rife with malaria and one of the most effective ways to combat the problem is through education with the help of local teachers.
The legend of Ajarn Puey grows
News, Nauvarat Suksamran, Published on 30/01/2016
» Regarded as a national hero, Puey Ungphakorn is a towering figure even in death for having set the standards that shaped the country’s economic development and improving the lives of rural people.
The villagers who could
News, Nauvarat Suksamran, Published on 07/12/2013
» In the space of just a couple of years, the villagers of Ban Sap Phut in Phetchabun have shown others how to turn their lives around by employing a sustainability lifestyle encouraged by academics, private companies and their own desire to break out of a lifestyle of abject poverty.