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Lop Buri before the monkeying around
Roger Crutchley, Published on 02/06/2024
» One of the first towns I visited in Thailand in the early 1970s was Lop Buri, about 150 km north of Bangkok. Its main appeal was its convenient three-hour train journey from Hua Lamphong. It offered a chance to escape Bangkok for a couple of days and experience a taste of life in a small town.
Untold Covid victims
Oped, Postbag, Published on 12/03/2021
» Before the coup in Myanmar, there were 50,000 food delivery riders -- Food Panda, Grabfood, Yangon Door2Door, Food2U, and so on -- who provided a crucial service to the stressed homebound population of Covid-affected Yangon. Today there are less than 2,500 of them. Many have returned to their hometowns and villages. Their loss of income will be greatly felt in the coming months.
Well, after that things can only get better
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 27/12/2020
» What a dreadful year. We found ourselves having to tackle a whole new vocabulary and most of the words were enough to make even the most optimistic among us depressed. It all began in March with "self-isolation", a horrible expression inferring you have become a hermit, hidden away, exiled, incommunicado, which in fact is exactly what we were.
Of melody, monkeys and musician
Oped, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 18/11/2020
» Playing music for monkeys? Some people might not believe that there could be such an activity.
No monkey business in the Thai coconut industry
Oped, Narisroj Fuangrabil, Published on 01/08/2020
» Recent claims made by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) that eight Thai coconut farms have been exploiting monkeys by forcing them to pick coconuts for industry are not only false but have hurt small scale farmers who are not involved in Thailand's coconut industry in any way.
Justice? Money talksey talks
Oped, Postbag, Published on 01/08/2020
» Re: "Thai justice system overhaul overdue", (Opinion, July 31).
Lack of action guarantees coconut industry ruin
News, Jason Baker, Published on 09/07/2020
» The government and the coconut industry will do or say anything to avoid talking about the abuse of monkeys. Burying their heads in the sand or just plain lying about it isn't going to help the monkeys or the industry.
The unsure fate of our forests
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 29/01/2018
» During my recent assignment to Koh Kong province in Cambodia, I came across a project of forest concession for tourism. Situated on the southwestern corner of the country, Koh Kong is home to different forests that play a significant role in the country's rainfall and general environment.