• OPINION

  Flood response conductor in sea of disharmony

  News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 26/09/2019

  » Only after tropical storms Podul and Kajiki flooded many provinces in the North and Northeast for a month did the government finally wake up, announcing on Tuesday that it would set up a "war room" to tackle the problem.

• OPINION

  Toxic chemicals ban needs political will

  News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 08/08/2019

  » Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Chalermchai Sri-on is the only minister who has three deputies, each of whom has been working hard to boost their popularity and seek budgets to finance their projects.

• OPINION

  Asean eco-issues need more than feel-good talks

  News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 16/03/2019

  » As this year's chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), Thailand has recently done impressive work in tackling environmental problems in the region.

• THAILAND

  Making money from our resources

  News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 23/07/2018

  » Since the military government came to power, new economic policies have been rolled out and economic catchphrases coined.

• THAILAND

  Activist: 'Prayut as democracy hero' book a lie

  News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 19/04/2018

  » Firebrand activist Srisuwan Janya has vowed to sue the Fine Arts Department if it fails to recalls a book called the History of Thailand, which depicts coup maker and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha as a patron of democracy.

• BUSINESS

  Hong Kong connects

  Asia focus, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 16/10/2017

  » Two decades after its return to the "motherland", some people lament that Hong Kong is not the place it used to be. Political protest, symbolised by the "Umbrella Movement" of 2014, has tarnished the island's image of stability and Western-style open society. The tightening grip of Beijing has worn down the territory's mojo, to the dismay of the creative classes, artists and publishers who helped make Hong Kong a bastion of freedom of expression in Asia.

• OPINION

  Yingluck gone but populism sticks around

  News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 30/08/2017

  » Ousted premier Yingluck Shinawatra has gone -- some might say -- with the wind. And the way she fled the country was so sly, like a Hollywood film noir where the femme fatale coolly sashays out of the scene having outwitted everyone.

• BUSINESS

  Open economy evangelist

  Asia focus, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 14/08/2017

  » New Zealand has long been known for kiwi fruit, lamb and the invincible All Blacks, the fearsome national rugby team. But in the global economic sphere, the country is also known as a champion of open economies and free trade. Last year, the country was rated the world's second-best place to do business by Forbes magazine. That helps confirm its reputation in the field of trade -- and explains why the British government chose a New Zealander to head its post-Brexit trade negotiating team.

• OPINION

      An election singing the same old tune

  News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 05/06/2017

  » The harsh public criticism against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and his "four questions" gives an impression that people in country look forward to an election. Putting aside the fact that some politicians can be unscrupulous, or there might be a possibility of street demonstrations, it appears people are willing to give democracy a chance. After all, it is my belief that Thais have special relations with democracy.

• BUSINESS

  Greening the palm oil supply chain

  Asia focus, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 08/05/2017

  » 2016 will be remembered as the year of clear blue skies and clean air in the southern peninsula of Southeast Asia. For the first time in nearly two decades, choking haze from fires set to clear land for oil palm plantations was reduced significantly, in keeping with a promise made by Indonesian President Joko Widodo.

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