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Ghost town 'forgotten' in Chiang Khong border trade
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 03/01/2016
» CHIANG RAI - The freshly painted welcome signs at Chiang Khong market are conspicuous, greeting visitors as they cross the border from Laos. Few arrive however, and behind the signs they see only shuttered shops and scattered clothing sellers.
When big profits come with a major catch
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 08/11/2015
» The sun was about to rise when Aussaree Meenwang, 45, and his wife threw the first drift net into the sea near Khao Yai island off the Satun coast.
Urban evictions pose growing threat, government told
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 06/10/2015
» Activists and people who face housing problems have urged the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to push the government to solve the problem of eviction in urban communities and approach development policies which take into account human rights.
New mineral bill 'threatens forests'
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 29/09/2015
» The government's new mineral bill will threaten national forest reserves and wildlife sanctuaries, academics warned yesterday.
Coal burns bright in southern minds
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 22/08/2015
» Somsak Pannak returns from an overnight fishing trip off Thepha district with buckets full of cuttlefish and other edible marine life. He will earn enough from selling the catch to feed his family for a couple of days.
Agro-giants 'must own up to North haze'
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 10/04/2015
» Civic groups are urging the agro industry to take action against smog problems in the North.
Thai firms failing on social responsibility, activists say
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 16/03/2015
» Thai companies are adopting flawed social responsibility policies, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) says.
The power struggle at Salween River
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 30/11/2014
» The Salween River meanders through pristine mountain forests before reaching a camp for internally displaced people at Ei Htu Hta, near the Thai-Myanmar border. Temporary bamboo shelters dot the hills around the camp, with small solar panels attached to the thatched roofs providing power for a few hours a day.
To save forests, protect their guardians
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 30/04/2014
» While forest authorities have failed miserably to protect land from big money and corruption, they have made indigenous forest dwellers the scapegoats of deforestation, despite the fact that these people have been living on this land for generations.
Govt must listen to the people over Mae Wong dam
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 25/09/2013
» Early one morning in 1990, conservationist Seub Nakhasathien shot himself dead in his office in the Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary.