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Yellow-band disease ravaging Thailand's coral reefs
Montira Rungjirajittranon of AFP, Published on 28/12/2022
» BAN KO SAMAESAN, Chon Buri: Underneath the calm turquoise waters off eastern Thailand, a rapidly spreading disease is killing corals over vast stretches of the sea floor, and scientists fear it may be getting worse because of climate change.
Finding heritage-based fixes for floods
Oped, Montira Horayangura Unakul, Published on 27/10/2022
» Whenever floods ravage Thailand, we hear many calls to enlarge drainage channels, construct new riverside barriers and build more pumping stations. But despite years of heroic engineering work, floods keep wreaking havoc.
How to avoid EEC waste 'time bomb'
Oped, Kannika Thampanishvong & Promphat Bhumiwat, Published on 22/06/2022
» Despite the government's bravado about the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) being the country's economic powerhouse, one important question still gets an elusive answer: Has the EEC fulfilled its promise of protecting the environment?
Plea to give Karen a say in Kaeng Krachan forest
News, Pratch Rujivanarom, Published on 30/08/2021
» Environmental conservation must go hand in hand with the protection of local indigenous communities' rights in Thailand's newly inscribed natural World Heritage site, the Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex, experts say.
Chevrolet upgrading all customer service centres
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 09/10/2020
» Chevrolet Sales Thailand plans to upgrade all 88 service centres across the country to provide automotive parts and products as well as to better support customers, following an announcement it was terminating its local car sales operation earlier this year.
Crisis shows need to pivot to new tourism model
News, Montira Unakul, Published on 20/07/2020
» In just the first few months of the Covid-19 pandemic, 90% of World Heritage sites were closed. Similarly, a global survey showed that 90% of museums were shut down, with 10% unlikely to ever open their doors again. Many other cultural tourism destinations have seen major declines in visitor numbers.
Lobster 'recycling' project wins praise
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 02/03/2020
» As lobster dishes become more popular among seafood lovers, the amount of shells getting thrown away is enormous. After all, only about 30% of the entire lobster is edible -- the rest is their hard, inedible outer shell.
Eastern Economic Corridor must continue
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 07/12/2018
» As the election looms, the government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will likely leave behind a very mixed legacy. Far from being a clean-up crew against graft and a technocratic team for effective policy performance when it seized power more than four years ago, this outgoing government has had its fair share of unaccountable corruption allegations and policy directions that merely served its own vested interests of staying in power after the polls.
Martial law stirs up division in Pattani
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 25/09/2018
» PATTANI: More than 50 local people staged a protest Monday against Prince of Songkla University's Pattani campus after a youth group, consisting of its students, issued a statement decrying last week's invocation of martial law in two tambons of Pattani's Nong Chik district.
Lessons from the masters
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri & Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 26/05/2018
» Kanit Sangsubhan is a key architect of the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), a new engine for growth to replace the Eastern Seaboard model, which turned the country into an industrial powerhouse over three decades but has become outmoded.