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OPINION

In the Senate we trust? Or just a dream?

Oped, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 17/08/2023

» Finally, the Constitutional Court made a ruling by throwing out the Ombudsman's petition. Critics will scratch their heads as to why the court took weeks to decide that it would not consider the case.

OPINION

Daring to like a harmless soap, despite critics

News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 16/08/2021

» Nothing can drive up the ratings of a TV soap opera like threats from the government to launch legal action against the show's producer. This truism was well proven by the case of Hai Rak Pi Pak Sa (Dare to Love), a TV soap airing on TV 3 Channel.

THAILAND

New coronavirus infections prompt Bang Khae Market closure in Bangkok

News, Anchalee Kongrut and Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 14/03/2021

» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) on Saturday ordered the immediate closure of Bang Khae Market after 80 people there tested positive for Covid-19.

THAILAND

Hail the warriors in white gowns

News, Apinya Wipatayotin and Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 29/12/2020

» In every crisis, there is a hero. And for the annus horibilis 2020, no one deserves the "Person of The Year" title more than the "Warriors in White Gowns" -- a term which the public use to praise medical workers and over a million health volunteers on the frontlines of looking after the ill.

THAILAND

Barrage projects divide opinion

News, Apinya Wipatayotin & Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 08/09/2020

» The Office of National Water Resources (ONWR) is going to submit the environmental impact assessment (EIA) on two controversial barrages to be built on the Songkhram River, known as one of few pristine rivers in the country, and home to wetland recently registered by Unesco.

THAILAND

Lao dam project sparks environmental concerns

News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 05/07/2020

» The latest dam project set for the Mekong River this year, spearheaded by the Lao government in Luang Prabang province, has renewed fears among other countries through which the river passes of the effect such structures have on the surrounding environment.

BUSINESS

Planting seeds of doubt

Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Lamonphet Apisitniran and Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 22/06/2020

» As sporadic tensions flare over US-China trade, a fierce debate also continues at home, centred on whether Thailand should join a trade pact touted as creating the third-largest free trade area in the world.

THAILAND

Lay of the land 'murky'

News, Apinya Wipatayotin and Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 21/06/2020

» Sor Por Kor land -- the degraded forest tracts that the government gives to poor farmers -- has always courted controversy.

THAILAND

Klity Creek rehab 'done by August'

News, APINYA WIPATAYOTIN and ANCHALEE KONGRUT, Published on 17/06/2020

» The Pollution Control Department (PCD) said on Tuesday that its clean-up of Klity Creek in Kanchanaburi -- which has been slammed by locals and conservationist as inadequate -- will be completed by August.

LEARNING

Hospital staff told to enter self-quarantine

Gary Boyle, Published on 07/05/2020

» Twenty-six medical staff at the Su-ngai Kolok hospital in the southern province of Narathiwat will be placed under 14-day self-quarantine after coming into contact with Covid-19 patients, despite wearing personal protective gear.