Fig tree in Chiang Mai caught between court and conservationists
A century-old sacred fig tree in the middle of a highway in Chiang Mai’s Muang district has again become the centre of controversy, despite a court order to relocate it.
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A century-old sacred fig tree in the middle of a highway in Chiang Mai’s Muang district has again become the centre of controversy, despite a court order to relocate it.
Legal veteran Nipit Intarasombut will represent a female Thai doctor in the Appeals Court, following the Phuket Provincial Court’s acquittal of a Swiss man charged with assaulting her.
The body of a female Belgian tourist, who had been reported missing from her resort in Pai District of Thailand’s northernmost province of Mae Hong Son on Friday evening, was found in a stream this afternoon.
The Thai private sector is expressing concern that the flooding seen in August, which has already caused damage estimated at about 8 billion baht, may get worse this month and into October, due to tropical storms which could hit Thailand, according to Payong Srivanich, president of the Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking.
Riverside residents and businesses in 11 provinces in the Chao Phraya river basin, including Bangkok, have been advised to brace for rising water levels, after the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) increased the volume of water being discharged through the Chao Phraya Dam in Chainat province to about 1,500m3/s today.
The owner of three American Bully dogs, which mauled his 18-year-old brother to death in Lop Buri’s Muang district, will give them away to anyone interested.
The resort city of Pattaya has been heavily flooded since late last night, following three hours of torrential rainfall.
The Big Buddha Temple, one of the most popular tourist attractions in Phuket's Karon district, has been ordered to suspend all activities, pending the outcome of an investigation into whether it has encroached upon national forest reserves.
The Phuket provincial chief monk has ordered the abbot of Wat Kitti Sangkharam (the Phuket Big Buddha Temple) to suspend all construction on Khao Nark Kerd mountain, pending an investigation into whether the temple has encroached on national forest reserves.
Over the generations, Thai farmers have developed traditional rice varieties endemic to their land, culture and community. These strains have unique characteristics in terms of texture, taste, aroma and nutritional values, yet many are now being lost, relegated to the past by so-called high-yield strains or destroyed by chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
The remains of two Chinese nationals, trapped inside a collapsed train tunnel in Nakhon Ratchasima since August 24th, were recovered this afternoon and have been taken to Maharat Nakhon Ratchasima Hospital for identification.
