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  • OPINION

    Nationalism is not the answer to land woes

    Oped, Thana Boonlert, Published on 04/11/2022

    » Resistance to the controversial foreign land ownership bill is giving rise to the term khai chat -- used to denounce traitors who sell the motherland -- being used in political discourse. Whether a person is a government critic or supporter, he or she believes their ancestors fought very hard to protect our land and it should not be given away to foreigners.

  • LIFE

    Season's change

    Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 05/08/2022

    » Taking the reins at Saawaan is chef Saritwat "Earth" Wanvichitkun, whose first menu at the Michelin-starred restaurant still follows its core concept of focusing on traditional Thai techniques for each course but with his distinct style and flair.

  • THAILAND

    Saving Songkhla's last dolphin pod

    News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 02/08/2022

    » The last pod of 14 Irrawaddy dolphins in Songkhla Lake in southern Thailand could become extinct within eight years if a conservation plan is not implemented immediately, says the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources.

  • LIFE

    Winged migration

    Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 04/11/2019

    » On a raised wooden platform on Khao Dinso, a 350m-high hill along a coastline of the Gulf of Thailand in Chumphon province, a group of international birdwatchers are waiting to see raptor migration since dawn's break. Every year about a million birds migrate during autumn from cold lands in Russia or China, passing Khao Dinso in Thailand to the tropical islands of Indonesia to find food.

  • THAILAND

    Experts warn of 'endless' flood cycle

    News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 21/09/2019

    » Engineers have warned that Thailand will remain trapped in a cycle of flooding unless the government expands natural catchment areas, raises flood embankments and builds more underground drainage systems.

  • THAILAND

    P-move opposes 99-year leases for foreign investors

    News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/04/2017

    » Supporters of the People's Movement for a Just Society, also known as P-move, have threatened to rally in front of Government House to protest against the cabinet's resolution allowing foreign investors to lease government land in the eastern special economic development zone for up to 99 years.

  • LIFE

    No slacking off in hunt for salak

    B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 14/08/2016

    » Roy Cruise sent me an email asking where to find chempedak (Artocarpus integer), salak (Salacca zalacca) and gandaria (Bouea macrophylla) in Thailand. A friend of his in Cavite, Philippines, had asked him to look for the said fruit trees but he has not been able to find them in Mae Hong Son, where he lives. "I was wondering if you had any idea where I may find them?" he asked.

  • THAILAND

    Professor rallies to save sea life

    Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 18/03/2015

    » When Asst Prof Thon Thamrongnawasawat comes out to speak, you know that marine life is in clear and present danger.

  • LIFE

    Smiling in plain view

    Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 08/10/2014

    » It's very rare for him not to smile. He smiles when he speaks. In fact, he even smiled when he was hauled into a police truck on the night the military announced Thailand's 19th coup. He also smiled — as some photographs showed — when he was subsequently brought back twice to a military camp.

  • ADVANCED NEWS

    Animal flood rescue

    Jon Fernquest, Published on 16/11/2011

    » Marooned on the couch with bowl of dogfood, floating over the sea of floodwaters in a plastic basin, these poor hungry dogs are the lucky ones, alive & ready to be rescued.

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