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Stifling public discourse will only provoke dissent
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 21/11/2014
» The key phrase, in Thai, is eud ad. It means frustrated, ill at ease, feeling discomfort, cramped, suffocated or stifled.
Mekong 'cash machine' needs an overhaul
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 30/11/2019
» Just over a week ago, many people in Thailand, particularly those in highrises, were thrown into panic when their buildings were swaying. They didn't know at the time that a strong earthquake had just hit inside Lao borders near Nan's district of Chaloem Phrakiat.
Living in hope amid a cesspool of poll fibs
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 07/07/2018
» Some people just have no shame. They tell lies with a straight face. Perhaps they even believe those lies they tell.
Beach dystopia: Still hope for paradises lost?
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 31/03/2018
» About a decade ago, I hosted a friend from overseas. We visited the Grand Palace and Wat Pho and spent a few days in Koh Samet. It was an enjoyable experience and one we still reminisce about fondly from time to time.
Shepherding people, not sacrificial lambs
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 02/12/2017
» Sacrifice is such a noble word. It denotes high-mindedness, the act of giving up something treasured for another thing of a greater value.
A fresh chance to boost renewable energy
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 24/02/2017
» Cheers went up at the protest site when it was announced that Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha had promised to "set zero" the coal-fired power plant project in Krabi.
Prospects look grim for citizens fighting developers
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 23/10/2015
» A group of people have wasted a good chunk of 13 years of their lives going to-and-fro to fight unnecessary lawsuits in court, and for what? To simply reiterate a constitutional principle that people have rights to peaceful assembly and free speech.
Govt adds fuel to fire as resentment builds
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 10/07/2015
» What's all the fuss about the arrest of 14 so-called students who broke the law? Many in social media have expressed their bewilderment.
Harmful projects wipe out all of nature's hard work
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 24/04/2015
» At the Earth Summit in 1992, a 12-year-old girl stood at the podium before a roomful of international delegates and gave one of the most memorable speeches on the state of our world at the time.
Development forges on, but at what cost?
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 19/12/2014
» US President Barack Obama on Tuesday used his executive authority to impose an indefinite ban on oil and gas exploration in Alaska's picturesque Bristol Bay, home to beluga and killer whales and the endangered North Pacific right whale.