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    Environment for disaster

    Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 15/12/2014

    » The year 2014 hasn't been entirely memorable — in a good way, at least — when considering the progress of environmental campaigns.

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    Encroaching on villagers' rights

    Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 07/01/2015

    » As a New Year's gift, the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has promised to return happiness to the people by giving 53,000 rai of state land to landless villagers. On paper, it looks like a generous present.

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    Taming human behaviour

    Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 14/01/2015

    » Two recent cases of wild elephants charging at tourists’ vehicles in Khao Yai National Park may have many people thinking twice about visiting the area.

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    The wordy wife

    Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 19/05/2014

    » If you know the name “Sidaoruang”, you might already be reaching middle age. If you are younger or non-Thai, knowing the name probably means you are passionate about local literature, especially Wannakam Puea Chevit (Literature For Life), a genre of Thai books conceived in the 1970s that addresses the plight of farmers, social injustice and class struggle in Thai society.

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    A night on the toon

    Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 06/01/2014

    » It's not often that entertainment comes as cheaply as one baht.

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    Clearing the way

    Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 16/10/2013

    » Forest areas in Thailand have been shrinking at an alarming rate. Between 1973 and 2009, 30.9 million rai of land was cleared of trees, according to a study by Khwanchai Duangsathaporn, assistant professor at the Department of Forest Management, Faculty of Forestry at Kasetsart University.

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    A grisly end

    Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 10/07/2013

    » Phuc Tho, a farming village west of Hanoi, has had its heyday. Busloads of Korean tourists used to visit the bear farms in the area, but they didn't come simply to watch and take photos with the fluffy mammals.

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