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The return of haze to Bangkok and its peripherals will incur a health derived opportunity cost to the economy, estimated at 700-800 million baht, if the poor air quality lasts another two weeks, according to the Kasikorn Thai Research Centre. The research centre said that many people in affected areas are being forced to change
Opting for less meat in a meal has a direct impact not just on your heart, but also your health. Let’s see here how a new perspective of eating well means cutting down on meat. A unanimous voice from chefs and cooks I met is that the most important ingredient in a dish is the
Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn is being treated for finger numbness at Chulabhorn Hospital, the Bureau of the Royal Household announced on Tuesday. The Princess was admitted to the hospital on Monday on the advice of doctors after she experienced some numbness in her left hand. An MRI test shows nerves passing her left elbow
Chinese President Xi Jinping begins a review of troops from a car during a military parade at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on October 1, to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
(AP) — Their story gripped the world: determined divers racing against time and water to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped for more than two weeks in a flooded cave deep inside a northern Thai mountain. “I took the view that this was going to be a story about the people we didn’t
Thailand’s National Security Council secretary-general, General Wallop Raksanoh, will formally assume the role of the government’s chief of delegation in peace talks with Mara Pattani, an umbrella group of southern rebel factions. General Wallop will replace Gen Udomchai Thammasarote, an advisor to the Royal Thai Army and former commander of the south-based Fourth Army Region.
The escalation of the US-China trade war has prompted Chinese and Hong Kong investors to move to Thailand. In the first half of this year, they altogether sought approvals for 112 investment projects worth USD1.038 billion from the Office of the Board of Investment (BOI). Their applications mark a jump of 170 percent compared to
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Boris Johnson said on Sunday he would not quit as Britain’s prime minister even if he fails to secure a deal to leave the European Union, insisting only his Conservative government can deliver Brexit on Oct. 31. At the beginning of his party’s annual conference in the northern English city of
The rush to spend the 1,000-baht giveaways, under the government’s “Chim-Shop-Chai” (Eat-Shop-Spend) program, by some 2.5 million successful subscribers has disrupted the computer systems of the state-run Krung Thai Bank, to the extent that the applications had to be temporarily shut down. The bank suspended use of the “Pao Tang” application from 2am and 5am
Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered authorities immediately to activate prepared measures to mitigate the haze, which has returned to Bangkok and its suburbs. Expressing concern about the haze, especially the PM2.5 dust particles, the Prime Minister pleaded with construction site operators and industries in Bangkok and neighbouring provinces to reduce their dust emissions.
Bangkokians are expected to spend around Bt4.76 billion during the annual vegetarian festival this year. Although the figure is up 2.4 percent from last year, the growth is weaker than that of last year because slowing economy prompts people to curb their spending this year, according to a survey by Kasikorn Research Center. At any
Hong Kong descended into a second day of clashes between protesters and riot police on Sunday with officers firing tear gas in a busy shopping district. Pro-democracy activists have stepped up their four-month-long campaign in the financial hub ahead of celebrations planned for the 70th anniversary of communist China’s founding from Tuesday. Police fired tear
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s metro stations and roads re-opened on Monday, after a chaotic weekend that saw police fire water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters who set fires and threw petrol bombs outside government offices and across central districts. Residents of the former British colony awoke to roads, shop fronts
Future Forward party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit said today that, if the opposition bloc wins the by-election in Constituency 5 of Nakhon Pathom on October 23rd, it will be the first domino to fall and set the stage for a change of government. The party is fielding Mr. Pairatchote Chantharakachorn to contest the by-election, while other
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police fired water cannon, rubber bullets and round after round of tear gas at petrol bomb-throwing protesters on Sunday in some of the most widespread and violent clashes in more than three months of anti-government unrest. Running battles in the Causeway Bay shopping district, Wan Chai bar area and
A Thai student is being held by the Egyptian security agency in Cairo on suspicion of having links to the Islamic State (IS) extremist group. The Thai Embassy in Cairo said in its Facebook post on Saturday that the Thai student, whose name was withheld, was detained by Egyptian security officials on September 24th
