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Latest seawall project another potential debacle
Oped, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 21/05/2020
» On Monday, a local civic group in Songkhla by the name of "Beach for Life" launched an online campaign at Change.org to gather signatures for its drive to stop the construction of a 710-metre seawall.
FAD claims quarry will not blast fresco site
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 07/03/2020
» The Fine Arts Department (FAD) on Friday defended its decision to permit quarrying close to a site where 3,000-year-old cave paintings were discovered, saying the rock blasting will not take place in the heart of the archaeological site.
Court urges public input as mining licence axed
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 19/03/2018
» A recent verdict by the Udon Thani Administrative Court to revoke a limestone mining concession in a forest reserve in Nong Bua Lam Phu province has set a new precedent in terms of mandating public participation in projects of community significance, said Surachai Trong-ngam, who represented villagers in the long-running dispute.
Civic group seeks China green help to stymie dam
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 06/03/2018
» Local civic groups will seek help from Friends of Nature (FON), a renowned conservation group in China, for its campaign against dam projects on the Mekong River.
Can Thailand meet the challenges of 2018?
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 06/01/2018
» The military government ended 2017 by saying that this year -- supposedly its last in power -- it will wage war on poverty.
Run for your life -- every step counts
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 23/11/2017
» My topic this week is running. No, I am not going to write about rocker Toon Bodyslam and his "Forrest Gump" long-distance running campaign. But please don't run away from this column just yet.
Wildlife, drug trades cross bloody paths
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 08/11/2017
» The Golden Triangle -- an area where Thailand, Myanmar and Laos meet -- has long been notorious. In the old days, it was known as Asia's second opium production hub, behind the Golden Crescent in Afghanistan. After opium use declined, the Golden Triangle transformed into a production hub for heroin and recently ya ba, or methamphetamine.