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Days of future past
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 31/12/2018
» Bangkok is a city of contrasts. Despite being ranked as Southeast Asia's third most liveable city by the Economist this year, the capital was also named the world's worst in terms of inequality, based on the Global Wealth Databook by Credit Suisse.
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Guardians of a bygone era
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 25/11/2017
» Nine years ago when Thanakorn Promli, who lives in tambon Ban Ku in Si Sa Ket, was trying to convince his neighbours to investigate the history of their village, he didn't know it would lead to the rediscovery of his hometown and the birth of a new learning centre last month.
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Mahakan Fort's historic houses to be demolished
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 05/03/2017
» City Hall's new demolition plan will put at risk houses featuring the Rama IX architectural style in Mahakan Fort Community, experts said on Saturday.
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Mahakan residents offer alternate plan
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 11/07/2016
» The Mahakan Fort community has proposed a land sharing model in which park and people can co-exist, as a substitute for an eviction plan being pushed by the City Hall.
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Mahakan Fort villagers fight BMA eviction
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 14/03/2016
» A Mahakan Fort community leader has challenged Bangkok governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra to join a debate on the future of its residents after City Hall dusted off plans to turn the village into parkland.
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Like coal? Put it in your own backyard then
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 13/01/2016
» As I was indulging myself with a nice cup of coffee on a lazy Sunday morning, I spotted an article by Sopon Pornchokchai sharing his views on the controversial coal-fired plants in Krabi and Songkhla. I got quite a shock.
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Department, abbot pledge to work together
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 27/11/2015
» In what appears to be a compromise, the Fine Arts Department and the embattled Wat Kalayanamit abbot have pledged to work together on a temple restoration plan.
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Integrated farmer breaks with tradition in Nan
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 02/11/2015
» His parents and neighbours asked farmer Anusin Intapun how he could feed the whole family when he started to grow rice on a small plot.
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Temple destroys 200-year community
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 24/10/2015
» ‘Will you guys return if we are allowed to come back and live here again,” the middle-aged woman says as she finishes a late lunch in a corner of the Wat Kalayanamit community.
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Wat evicts family for abbot transfer plea
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 16/10/2015
» A community member living near Wat Kalayanamit was forced to move out of her house Thursday for signing a petition requesting the abbot's transfer.
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