• BUSINESS

  Citizenship for sale

  Asia focus, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 13/03/2017

  » Having multiple passports and citizenship that bears no relation to where you were born is something most people associates with James Bond or Jason Bourne. But these days it is no longer simply the stuff of spy stories.

• THAILAND

  Predicting the unpredictable

  Asia focus, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 13/02/2017

  » With no political track record to speak of, Donald Trump is confounding the analysts attempting to forecast what the US president will do next. Everyone is on a steep learning curve, but the early lessons are that the billionaire reality TV star has a penchant for throwing away the playbook, disdains multilateralism, and is absolutely determined to deliver on campaign promises that many observers thought were just slogans.

• THAILAND

  Obama says tolerance is the key to prosperity

  News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 08/09/2016

  » LUANG PRABANG: US President Barack Obama yesterday used a forum with Southeast Asian youth leaders to stress the importance of human rights and tolerance of different cultures, races and beliefs to achieve prosperity and sustainable development in the region.

• THAILAND

  Thai youth leaders get to quiz Obama

  News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 07/09/2016

  » LUANG PRABANG - Two Thais will join some 200 youth leaders from Southeast Asia today in attending US President Barack Obama's town hall meeting in the historic town of Luang Prabang where they will have the chance to engage in a discussion with the president.

• OPINION

  Stop trashing our national parks

  Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 15/12/2015

  » The year-end holidays are approaching and it means millions are going to do some travelling, either locally or overseas, while some may just prefer to seize the opportunity to stay in quiet Bangkok. For Thais, some of the popular destinations are the mountainous national parks, such as Doi Inthanon in Chiang Mai or Khao Yai. Living in a hot climate, we love to seek out the cooler places; last year, just over 93,100 holidaymakers spent their New Year holidays in one of 14 national parks, bringing in revenue of 3.58 million baht, according to the Department of National Parks (DNP).

• LIFE

  Watching history unfold

  Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 06/04/2015

  » When Vitthya Vejjajiva said he was going to write a biography of Phan Wannamethee — diplomat, Red Cross chief, former Free Thai Movement member and ex-permanent secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) — he received encouragement from everyone except his subject.

• LIFE

  In the line of duty

  Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 30/04/2014

  » Thai activists walk a dangerous road, a belief most recently confirmed in the disappearance of Porlajee ‘Billy’ Rakchongcharoen

• LIFE

  Nowhere to go

  Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 18/03/2014

  » His melancholy expression and dark, brooding eyes immediately draw one’s attention to the photo. What a face! The deep wrinkles furrowing his forehead and prominent veins standing out at his temples make his visage resemble a topographic map of some particularly rough terrain. The old man’s face is memorable and photogenic, but not in the way we normally use that adjective.

• LIFE

  Meet the makers

  Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 21/01/2013

  » Makers: The New Industrial Revolution, the third book by writer Chris Anderson, comes at a perfect time _ again. The writer has been known for writing the right book at the right time, almost exactly when the events he mentions are moving towards the spotlight.

• OPINION

  E-bikes may be the thing to end our scooter chaos

  Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 23/11/2012

  » Oh yes, I was constantly asked, challenged and reprimanded. "Are you cycling in Beijing?" And: "Why don't you ride a bicycle in Beijing?" And then, a line which came out like an insult: "It is good that you don't. You will get hit by a car anyway." Ouch.

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