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Ban Maejo goes back to nature
News, Nauvarat Suksamran, Published on 13/08/2016
» Choosing whether to stay in bustling Bangkok where jobs are plentiful and returning to a rural town where there is only farmland and forests cost Thongbai Leknamnarong many sleepless nights.
Fancy a job? You might get shot and it takes five years to earn full pay
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 07/08/2016
» Forest ranger Warak Ngernyu and his eight colleagues were on foot patrol on the morning of July 10, 2013, when they saw the wheel tracks. Sensing that the tracks would lead to wood poachers, the team followed the trail for four hours until they reached the suspects: three Khmer-speaking men sitting on rocks.
It's risky, but elephants are feeling frisky
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 17/07/2016
» Despite concerns over their possible extinction, wild elephants in Thailand are enjoying boom years.
Women play the ball, not the men, in fight for their rights
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 03/07/2016
» Toward the end of last year, a crowd of men at a small public field in Pattani stood dumbstruck as they witnessed an unusual spectacle. Their eyes were fixed on the 10 players who had turned out for a football training session -- dressed in long sleeves and hijabs.
Heavy-handed actions crushing villagers
News, Soikaew Khammala, Published on 20/06/2016
» The intensified crackdown on encroachment and logging by the military regime has dealt a heavy blow to villagers who live in harmony with nature in protected forest areas, while leaving most influential big timber businesses unscratched.
Dead sea: Tourism adding heat to bleaching emergency
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 19/06/2016
» A Chinese woman was perplexed when she saw that her luggage was causing concern as it passed through an X-ray scanner at Don Mueang airport.
An activist battles from exile
Spectrum, Published on 12/06/2016
» Areng Valley is located in an area of the Cardamom Mountains of southwestern Cambodia, in Koh Kong province.
Disney faces deep-pocketed challenger
Business, Published on 27/05/2016
» BEIJING: Mickey Mouse has a new and deep-pocketed challenger: China's shopping mall king.
BMA 'bungling tree care and maintenance' in Bangkok
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 14/05/2016
» 'Trees and stubs disfigured by incorrect pruning are everywhere. They are not pleasant to the eye. I am not sure if the authorities have the knowledge and skills required to trim trees," said Nirawan Poomngern.
Monopoly money under a tax
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 24/04/2016
» Poom Prasit had been smoking the local Krong Thip cigarettes for the past 13 years. On the day of the announcement of the latest tobacco tax hike in February, however, he immediately decided he would switch brands. The next day, he bought a pack of SMS instead.