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The impact of recent flooding in northern and southeastern provinces of Laos has cost the agricultural sector around 127 billion kip (about US$15 million), according to an initial report from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. However, large areas of crops damaged by the floods have yet to be assessed by authorities who are waiting
Police in Hat Yai district of the southern province of Songkhla will file an additional charge of manslaughter against a student boxer who fatally beat up his classmate. The 13-year old victim, Natthawut Thongsorn, a Mathayom 1 student of a school in Hat Yai was reportedly punched on his chin by his classmate who is
The Bangkok Mass Transit System announced today that it will install barricades on the platforms of the remaining 14 stations of the BTS skytrain system as soon as possible. The announcement from Mr Surapong Laoha-anya, the managing director, came after an incident this morning when a female passenger fainted and fell onto the rail track
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha went on a tour of Bangkok city today to observe first-hand the capital’s traffic problems and progress in the upgrading of transport networks designed to alleviate the gridlock. Gen Prayut’s first stop on the trip was the police traffic control centre on Vibhavadi Rangsit road before proceeding to the BTS skytrain
The owner of the tourist boat that sank in the rough sea off Phuket on July 5 resulting in the death of 47 Chinese tourists has refused to salvage the sunken vessel, claiming that it lies 45 metres deep on the seabed and should not pose an obstacle to sea navigation. Legal advisor of TC
YANGON (The Irrawaddy) —While the Japanese foreign minister and State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi discussed Rakhine’s development in Naypyitaw last week, a Chinese Communist Party provincial secretary met the vice president to discuss increasing investment in agriculture, transport and technology cooperation. It is not the first time China and Japan have been seen
The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation has announced a temporary closure of 42 waterfalls in national parks across the country in wake of the looming rainy season. Spokesman of the department Mr Sompote Maneerat said Tuesday that officials at each national park were told to closely monitor water situation in the waterfalls
The BTS skytrain service on the Sukhumvit route was briefly halted during rush hours this morning after a woman fainted and fell onto a rail track from the platform at the Ratchathewi station. BTS posted a message on its Twitter page at 8.17am, saying that the incident, which occurred at 8.15 am, prompted the trains approaching Ratchathewi
ROME (Reuters) — Firefighters searched into the night on Tuesday for survivors and bodies amid the rubble of a motorway bridge that collapsed in the northern Italian port city of Genoa, killing at least 26 people. While that remained the official death toll, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said from Genoa that the number would rise.
Opponents to the controversial Doi Suthep foothill housing estate for court judges and officials plan to demonstrate at Tha Pae gate in Chiang Mai on August 26 to demand immediate dismantling of the housing units in the carved-out forest. In its Facebook post on Tuesday, the opponents under the name of ‘Network to Reclaim Doi
Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) secretary-general Pol Maj-Gen Romsith Viriyasan has been fired in a lightning order issued today by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha in his capacity as head of the National Council for Peace and Order. The NCPO chief invoked Section 44 of the interim Constitution removing Pol Maj-Gen Romsit to the Prime Minister’s Office
Thae Prakas-vudhisarn, a national artist in the field of performing art (movie and drama) in 1999 and well-known Thai film maker, died on Aug 12 at the age of 100, according to a release of the Thai Film Archive. He was a legendary Thai film maker with the longest life in the Thai film history.
The situation at Khao Yai National Park in Nakhon Nayok province has returned to normal following a water run-off that sent tourists fleeing on Monday, Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department deputy director general Kobchai Boon-orana said today. Mr Kobchai said flood walls made of sandbags have been erected along both sides of the Nakhon Nayok river, especially
The death toll in the recent earthquakes in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, has increased to 436 as of today, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB). “The victims in the figure are those recorded by village heads and village security officers. They have been verified, and death certificates have been issued for a
The North and Northeast regions will continue to be hit with widespread rain and isolated torrential downpours during Aug 16-17 as tropical storm “Bebinca” is expected to move to upper Vietnam and Laos during that period, the Meteorological Department said in its weather forecast this morning. As of 4am today, the storm was almost stationary
Mong Thongdee’s hope of getting Thai citizenship is one step closer to reality as he has now received three letters of certification which are crucial in proving his contributions to the Thai society. Mong, 21, who was born to a family of Myanmar migrants, gained national attention back in 2009 when he became a national
