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  • OPINION

    Forest too precious for housing

    News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 03/04/2017

    » Many years ago I visited Mahachai, a fishery port zone in Samut Sakhon province. As I walked around I felt like I was a township in Myanmar. The community is dubbed Little Myanmar, with good reason. It is a place where you can hear many people talk in unfamiliar dialects, posters are written in the round letters of the Myanmar alphabet, and of course, women and men have yellowish tanaka paste on their faces.

  • WORLD

    Myanmar up-close and personal

    Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 22/03/2016

    » 'Welcome to the Guesthouse. The small space is made to set you free from anxiety. But first you need to leave your old perceptions behind. You need to open your mind for new memories," says Kyaw Luck, a guide for the exhibition "Myanmar Up-Close", which opened last week at Museum Siam.

  • LIFE

    An endangered craft

    Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 27/05/2015

    » Ban Khlong Rua, a Muslim village in Krabi province, might be just another small fishing village on the Andaman Sea. But for southerners living along this side of the coast, the name represents the hub of Andaman fishing boatbuilding.

  • OPINION

    Heritage status the best way to protect Andaman Sea

    News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 03/04/2015

    » The brouhaha over the decayed coral reefs at Koh Tachai — an island in Koh Similan Marine National Park with a once-spectacular dive site — which triggered concerns about heavy pollution on this tourist spot, has fizzled out. 

  • THAILAND

    Professor rallies to save sea life

    Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 18/03/2015

    » When Asst Prof Thon Thamrongnawasawat comes out to speak, you know that marine life is in clear and present danger.

  • OPINION

    Frankly,my dear, I do give a dam

    Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 20/04/2012

    » I wish I never had to write another whining piece about dam construction. It was just a few months ago that I profusely lamented about the loss of lush teak forests _ and ecological balance _ in Phrae province if the government goes ahead with the controversial Kang Sua Ten Dam, by citing flood prevention as cause. After last year's massive flood, debate about article 112, dubious purchasing of tablets, constant meddling from finance minister Kittiratt Na Ranong and the recent threat or pledge _ you decide _ by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra that he will return home, we do not need another headache.

  • OPINION

    Dams and deafening

    Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 17/02/2012

    » Once in a while, Yingluck Shinawatra does something that makes sense to me. Since becoming prime minister she has tended to turn a deaf ear to criticism and her below-par response to last year's deluge certainly didn't inspire much confidence in her leadership skills, but I recently found myself nodding in agreement with something she said. She declared that she is going to give the highest priority to reforestation and the digging of small ponds as flood-prevention measures.

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