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Din Daeng Road in Bangkok has been recorded as the noisiest road in the city, with the average 24 hour noise levels measuring between 71.6-81.6 decibels, exceeding the standard level of 70 decibels, says the Pollution Control Department director-general Pralong Damrongthai. The finding is the result of the department’s year-long survey of noise levels in
Residents of Tambon Talangnai, in the Wangnamyen district of Thailand’s Sa Kaeo province, have discovered a huge electronic waste dumping site, covering over 3.2 hectares of a conservation forest in the area. They are appealing to relevant authorities to inspect the site, fearing it might be harming the environment. A Thai PBS reporter found the
Police raided a mansion and two warehouses in Thailand’s northeastern province of Kalasin today and seized a huge number of fake weight loss pills, manufacturing and packaging equipment, chemicals and other materials. The raid on the mansion, in Village 7 of Tambon Songpluey, Namon district, which was being used as the office of D.D. Cosmed
RUINS OF BABYLON, Iraq (Reuters) – The ancient city of Babylon, first referenced in a clay tablet from the 23rd century B.C., was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site on Friday, after a vote that followed decades of lobbying by Iraq. The vote, at a UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku, made
Thailand has been lobbying for support from 21 state parties, at the 43rd ordinary session of the World Heritage Committee (WHC) in Baku in the capital of Azerbaijan, for the Thai delegation to become a member of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee for the 2019-2023 term. Led by the former Thai ambassador to France, Mr.
Her Royal Highness Princess Sirivannavari has proposed the name ‘Yamil’ for the orphaned baby dugong found stranded in the southern Thai province of Krabi on July 1st. The animal was rescued by villagers and sent for treatment and rehabilitation by veterinarians in Phuket, Marine and Coastal Resources Department director-general Jatuporn Burutpat said today. He added
UNESCO’s 43rd World Heritage Committee, meeting in Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku, postponed consideration of Thailand’s Kaeng Krachan forest complex (KKFC) from Friday to today (July 6th) due to unresolved issues over the status of the Karen ethnic group living in the area. Former Thai ambassador to France, and head of the Thai delegation at the
The final cabinet list has been submitted by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to the palace for Royal approval, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngarm said today (Friday). He claimed that the formation of the government has not been delayed as widely claimed, pointing out that the results of the March 24th general election were announced in
Thai durian exporters and orchard owners have expressed serious concern that China’s recent imposition of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) certification, the system for ensuring that products are consistently produced and controlled according to quality standards, on Thailand’s “king of fruits” will negatively affect durian exports to China and suppress the price of the fruit. Only
Thailand’s Department of National Parks (DNP), Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) published photos of a herd of wild elephants feeding and playing in the mud at Namnao national park on Friday. The picture shows the herd, comprising a leader with young and baby elephants, enjoying each other’s company. The DNP said that it wanted the
The Opposition has been rebuked for threatening to censure Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha in the lower House if he goes ahead with the appointment of Palang Pracharat party leader Uttama Savanayana as finance minister. Palang Pracharat deputy spokesman, Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana, said today that the Opposition should allow the government to perform its duties for a
A three-metre long dugong was found dead in the sea off Thailand’s southern province of Trang today, bringing the total number of dead dugong this year to seven, according to the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources. Fishermen found the animal and towed it ashore for veterinarians to investigate the cause of its death. The
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered officials to assist residents in a riverside community which was flooded when sea water, raised by a high tide, surged through a dike under construction in Samut Prakan province Thursday night. Deputy government spokesman, Lt-Gen Werachon Sukondhapatipak, today reiterated the statement, made earlier by irrigation officials, that the sudden
