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Doctor says Thailand should match WHO's pollution standard
News, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 08/04/2012
» A doctor providing medical care to haze-affected patients in the North has called for an adjustment to the pollution safety standard.
Mega dams holding back tide of goodwill in myanmar
News, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 25/03/2012
» The controversial Salween River dam project near the border is shaping as a major stumbling block to achieving lasting peace between the Myanmar army and ethnic groups who fear Nypiyadaw has no real intention of withdrawing its troops.
Abbot faces outcry over restoration
News, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 27/03/2012
» A temple abbot is denying residents' claims that precious mural art under his care has been damaged by poor restoration work.
Can Pattaya change its spots?
News, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 26/02/2012
» Pattaya _ the painted old lady by the sea_ is about to undergo a 15 billion baht face-lift. City executives ambitiously want to turn the city into ''New Pattaya, the World Class Greenovative Tourism City'' with a ''green and clean'' environment for tourists and locals.
Officials concede they need a new approach for the reforestation plan
News, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 04/03/2012
» Government officials say they will need a drastic change in their approach to growing new forests for flood protection as many previous efforts failed because of corruption and lack of local input.
PAD shelves mass rally over charter
News, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 11/03/2012
» The People's Alliance for Democracy yesterday backed away from its threat to stage a major Bangkok rally against the charter rewrite in a move hailed by the government as a breakthrough in easing political tensions.
Flood mitigation plan 'Unlikely to be in place in three years'
News, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 15/01/2012
» Up to 50 billion baht has been allocated to build dams under the classification of "forest restoration and conservation", according to a preliminary draft of the government's water management plan.
Living in the ugly shadow of the kaeng sua ten dam
News, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 29/01/2012
» For three decades, the spectre of the Kaeng Sua Ten dam has been haunting 59-year-old Seng Kwanyuen. Every time there is a flood threat to residents downstream in the Chao Phraya river basin, the plan to build the dam resurfaces like a giant shadow.
Thai to the bone, But still just Second-Class
News, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 05/02/2012
» Take a walk through villages on the other side of the Tanao Sri mountain range separating Thailand and Myanmar and it's like you've never crossed the border. Everyone is speaking Thai.
Hotel staff shocked by 'polite' bomber
News, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 15/02/2012
» PATTAYA : Iranian bomb suspect Saeid Moradi, 28, checked in to Top Thai hotel in Pattaya on Feb 8 late at night with a backpack.