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    Government must get to grips with future of work

    News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 02/02/2018

    » Against the backdrop of the increased role of robots and automation in the labour markets, our educators and policy-makers are trying to catch up with the future of work.

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    Banana split

    Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 17/08/2016

    » High on the list of fruits Thais cannot live without is kluai namwa, or cultivated banana, a tropical strand only grown in South and Southeast Asia. The cultivated banana has long been an affordable, ubiquitous food staple for Thais, the same way apples are for Westerners.

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    Beat the bleach

    Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 11/07/2016

    » Inside the glass bottle, zooxanthellae is a yellow-brown algae kept in a climate-controlled room at the marine science laboratory at Chulalongkorn University.

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    Document to a natural wonder

    Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 06/05/2016

    » Harnessing the documentary film as a tool for awareness, Bang Pakong Alliance, a local conservation network, has created a documentary feature, Bang Pakong Sai Nam Haeng Chevit (Bang Pakong, River Of Life) to be aired on Thai PBS tomorrow night at 9.20pm. The Bang Pakong Alliance comprises local villagers, in partnership with a group of respected documentary photographers (10FOTO), and together they believe that the documentary film has the power to tell their story.

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    Now we can see the forests and the trees

    News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 25/04/2016

    » The mercury is rising and there is nothing we can do about it. So we hide in our rooms keeping cool to the sound of electricity-guzzling air conditioners and try to ponder the reasons for the heat exceeding 44C.

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    Going bananas over Chinese investment

    Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 20/04/2016

    » Kluai hom -- or the Cavendish banana -- found itself in the spotlight recently on social media and in local news. The issue involves Chinese investors renting land in Chiang Rai to grow kluai hom. Local villagers complained about water because the farm sucked up a large volume of it, leaving so little for local farmers. Fears about the use of chemical fertilisers also arose. Another problem is that the practice might be against the law, which reserves the occupation of farmer for Thais. The public is alarmed because Chinese-backed kluai hom farming in Laos has already proved a disaster. Toxic pesticides are dumped into the river, while environmental management is below par.

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    Taekwondo is not for the weak

    Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 23/07/2014

    » Long before the invasion of Korean soap operas, K-Pop and Samsung devices, Korean culture’s presence was felt in Thailand in the form of taekwondo.

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    Sushi and the city

    Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 21/09/2012

    » Everyone has his or her own survival menu _ a kind of affordable and easy food that we can comfortably eat when we do not know what to eat or have to save money. It could be instant noodles, sticky rice with spicy dip, bread or even snacks like Lays crisps.

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