• TECH

  Modern but not developed

  Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 17/06/2011

  » Is it a sign of age? Nothing seems to surprise me much these days. Indeed, the only thing able to surprise me is the fact that some things never change despite how much the world has changed.

• OPINION

  Boost from an unlikely source

  Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 27/01/2012

  » There was a small but uplifting news from the criminal court last Friday _ an unlikely place to expect such news.

• OPINION

  Would Orwellian tactics keep MPs in line?

  Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 27/04/2012

  » We know many of our MPs are not above cheating and lying. We know they regularly squander our tax money. We know that more than a few of them doze off during parliamentary sessions or skip them altogether, pretending that they are ill or undergoing some medical procedure or taking care of some unspecified or very hush-hush official business.

• OPINION

  U-tapao!Wehave a problem

  Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 05/07/2012

  » Suddenly we're talking about clouds and weather. Our society, politicians mostly, have become curious and highly concerned about the issue of climate change, and the complex data that is part and parcel of atmospheric study. Such attention is a big departure from the lukewarm interest Thailand and our policy makers have shown in the past.

• OPINION

  No shark fins please!

  Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 19/07/2012

  » Once in a blue moon, the Chinese government gets it right when it chooses to ban something.

• THAILAND

  Profits trump protection in environment law

  News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 15/03/2014

  » Chachoengsao province may not be a hotspot on the environmental radar, particularly compared to its neighbours on the eastern seaboard. Environmental problems in the province — best known for its quality fruit and fish products and budding industrial sector — make headlines only rarely. But that doesn’t mean they should be ignored.

• LIFE

  A golden opportunity for change

  Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 04/06/2014

  » Everything that glitters is gold, but not for villagers at Ban Na Nong Bong, who live at the edge of a gold mine in Loei province. Since Thung Kham arrived to extract gold in 2003, villagers have complained that the company is poisoning its water source and farmland and harming their health.

• OPINION

  An environment for change

  Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 04/12/2014

  » What does Dec 4 mean to you? Is it just another day in the week?

• LIFE

  Unconventional conservationist

  Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 02/03/2016

  » By look and temperament, Sasiprapa Raisanguan, a 22-year-old staff member at the Centre for Protection & Revival of Local Community Rights (CPCR), doesn't fit the stereotype of a Thai conservationist. She is no starry-eyed tree-hugger clad in natural-dye cotton, nor does she have a hemp rucksack or ride a bicycle to reduce her carbon footprint. At our interview in Chiang Mai, Sasiprapa arrives on her motorcycle, which she calls "a practical choice" to getting around the northern city where her office is.

• OPINION

  Feng shui no match for Section 44

  News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 03/03/2016

  » You may think I am drunk, or have gone mad, when I say Thailand, as a country, no longer follows feng shui, or space management in accordance with the Chinese-originated art or practice of creating harmonious surroundings that enhance the balance of yin and yang for one particular place.

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