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Time to take disaster management off backburner
News, Nauvarat Suksamran, Published on 07/09/2019
» 'Isn't it time the country established a national disaster management centre?" is a question many people ask each time a natural calamity causes massive losses. It was asked again after several provinces in the North and the Northeast were battered by Tropical Storm Podul, which triggered floods and mudslides. It also left 16 dead, thousands of people homeless and damaged infrastructure such as roads and dykes.
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End to Phuket's land scandals demands bold steps
News, Nauvarat Suksamran, Published on 31/08/2019
» The Phuket condo saga which involves firebrand politician Sira Jenjaka, a Palang Pracharath Party MP for Bangkok, and a police officer has put the chronic land issues in this tourist province under the spotlight.
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It's easy being green, even in Map Ta Phut
News, Nauvarat Suksamran, Published on 08/09/2018
» News of chemical leaks and pollution caused by industrial plants has tarnished the reputation of the industrial sector. Factories are often demonised as the destroyers of the environment and livelihoods of local people.
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CSR Thailand: 'Fishing' lessons to enrich the poor
News, Nauvarat Suksamran, Published on 05/05/2018
» Mechai Viravaidya, dubbed "Mr Condom" for driving a successful campaign to help reduce the country's birthrate since the early 1970s, is pushing an equally important grassroots agenda, but this time it is to alleviate poverty by promoting increased self-reliance and avoiding handouts.
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For king, country and disbanded brothers
News, Nauvarat Suksamran, Published on 20/01/2018
» A Christian Thai soldier has embarked on a mission to help fellow veterans and their families after he was inspired by the footprints of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who was cremated in October after one year of mourning.
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Crafting a plan for kid bosses
News, Nauvarat Suksamran, Published on 07/10/2017
» Entrepreneurship instilled from an early age with the support of the state is cultivating a crop of promising young business-minded people in their early teens, some of whom are already making a monthly salary from their products and ideas.
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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.
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Love blossoms deep in the forest
News, Nauvarat Suksamran, Published on 28/02/2015
» With his loincloth around his neck, his sense of vibrancy and a jovial smile, it is not difficult to recognise Aphiwat Jata, or “Tid Pae”, Channel 7’s anchor for the Jor Kor Tid programme, which broadcasts local news throughout Thailand.
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Villagers join forces with temple activists
News, Nauvarat Suksamran, Published on 17/04/2013
» SI SA KET : Residents of Phumsarol village on the Thai-Cambodian border in Si Sa Ket's Kantharalak district once strongly opposed any anti-Cambodia protests.
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Hope grows deep in the forest
News, Nauvarat Suksamran, Published on 06/04/2013
» PPoverty-stricken and locked in conflicts with the state, Karang ethnic villagers in the deep-forest fringes of Phetchaburi province had endured years of misery. Until a royally-sponsored development project was introduced to their remote village in Kang Krachan district, their future seemed bleak.
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