KHAO CHET LUK, Thailand (AFP: A controversial gold mine in Thailand restarted operations on Thursday (March 23), more than six years after the government forced it to close over health and environmental concerns.
The Chatree complex, which straddles three rural provinces in the kingdom's north, had been dogged by legal disputes and protests by villagers who said it poisoned crops and livestock.
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