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Govt, business alliances silence locals' voices
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 31/01/2015
» The more things change, the more they seem to stay the same. Except, this time, it is even more of the same than before. Let me elaborate.
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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.
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The eco-friendly energy race is on
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 05/12/2014
» Surveying the energy scene around the world gives the impression that renewable energy — once considered as the “little league” by many experts — is on the verge of breaking from an awkward stroll into a sprint.
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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.
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When a single tree falls in the forest ... everyone hears
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 19/09/2014
» "Someday I'm going to climb Phu Kradung mountain," I've been telling myself for years, but still have never made the trek. Pretty soon I'll be at an age when it may not be possible for me to make it there on foot, which is currently the only way for visitors to do it.
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Centralising power won't solve plague of corruption
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 05/09/2014
» ML Panadda Diskul stirred up a hornet's nest when he suggested that some local administrations could not be trusted to spend taxpayers' money.
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Regime must heed public voice on development
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 08/08/2014
» Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha, the head of National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), has promised to "return happiness" to the country.
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It’s now or never in tackling environmental reform
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 11/04/2014
» The Carteret Atoll, a group of islands in the South Pacific, has been inhabited for over a thousand years. But, come 2015, the entire atoll is expected to be swallowed by the sea.
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Onus for making peace rests with Yingluck
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 17/01/2014
» Now that caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has decided to go ahead with the Feb 2 election as scheduled, the stage is set for a full-blown confrontation between the two warring parties.
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Crisis offers rare chance to restore media's integrity
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 06/12/2013
» When anti-government protesters stormed television stations to demand they broadcast news and pronouncements coming out of their gathering, their actions were roundly denounced as media intimidation.
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