• THAILAND

  TV under fire for live updates

  News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 10/02/2020

  » Cable TV news channels which ignored official orders to halt live broadcasts of Saturday night's security operation at Terminal 21 mall in Nakhon Ratchasima will face consequences, according to the National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission (NBTC).

• BUSINESS

  Asean 4.0

  Asia focus, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 25/09/2017

  » The world is in the midst of a digital transformation, and so is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean). The region of 630 million people has become a strategic battleground for the digital economy, in which established tech giants and startups alike are trying to seize market opportunities.

• OPINION

  Pity the bears held captive for their bile

  News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 02/08/2017

  » The bear looks agitated yet weary, like a gravely sick patient.

• OPINION

  Why Hong Kong matters

  Asia focus, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 03/07/2017

  » Twenty years ago on the evening of June 30, all eyes turned to Hong Kong as the tiny territory, known as a regional financial hub, global toy manufacturer and epitome of a free society, was returned to mainland China after 155 years of British rule. As a fan of the city and a regular visitor, I still remember that emotionally charged day.

• OPINION

  Books prove resilient to technology

  News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 27/03/2017

  » Over a decade ago, some pundits made the prediction that books would eventually disappear. Now it seems that books are not on the extinction list, ready for the "guillotine" of the disruptive technology of the digital media and the internet of things.

• OPINION

  Libraries being left on the shelf

  Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 07/08/2015

  » What do you think will be obsolete by 2030? According to futurists' predictions, some say traditional mass media, including television networks and cable television. According to the book The Long Tail by Chris Anderson, former editor of Wired and a reporter at The Economist, physical newspapers and magazines are going to disappear in the next decade or so. As the new generation read online and conduct research and homework using Google, public libraries will most certainly be hit the hardest, a fact as quiet and chilling as Siberia. Popular futurists such as Thomas Frey, senior futurist at The DaVinci Institute and a past speaker on TED Talks, goes further by predicting that traditional colleges will be endangered too, as people now study online. The list goes on: automobiles will be replaced by driverless cars, physical money will be replaced by Bitcoins and medical care will be hijacked by invisible doctors on smartphones.

• LIFE

  Dinosaurs in the digital age

  Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 13/08/2015

  » When was the last time you visited a library? That's one question worth thinking about, but the other question being discussed among librarians is whether public libraries will survive. As the internet becomes a new pathfinder of data and information and the younger generation find knowledge via Google and YouTube, the fate of libraries seems like that of an endangered species.

• 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?

• OPINION

  Out of the mouths of babes

  Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 29/01/2014

  » For the last two months I have been woken up by an unusual alarm the sound of a whistle, interspersed with an unknown song from a electronic organ amateurishly played by my young niece. The six-year-old girl has ritually practised her tune in the morning.

• LIFESTYLE

  Paradise lost

  Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 19/08/2013

  » The words "national park" should convey the spirit of conservation and a well-protected space of natural beauty. But in Thailand, sometimes the parks are beset by scandals and controversy that also imply problems: law violation, land disputes, poaching, encroachment and environmental abuses.

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