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The famous Wat Rongkhun in Chiang Rai’s Muang district now has a new attraction — the half-finished statue of Lt-Commander Samarn Kunan, former Thai Navy SEAL member who died during the Wat Tham Luang rescue operation. The chief sculptor working on the statue, Arjarn Saravuth Kammoonchai, aka Slatan, and about ten other northern artists have
Indonesia’s resort islands of Bali and Lombok were rocked by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake this evening, prompting a tsunami warning and panic among holidaymakers and residents. The quake, which struck at a depth of 15km off the north coast of Lombok, comes a week after a magnitude 6.4 quake killed 14 people on the island
The Royal Irrigation Department has drawn lessons learned from the floods in 2016-17 in planning the management of water in the Kaeng Krachan dam in Phetchaburi province to protect the Muang district from being flooded, said RID director-general Thongplaew Kongchan on Sunday. Based on the assessment of Smart Water Operation Centre (SWOC), he said water
The rescue operation to save the 12 young footballers and their coach from the flooded Tham Luang cave network has transfixed the world. It has also been described as probably the world’s most dangerous and most challenging rescue mission. But for the Wild Boars soccer team members, they were not supposed to remember anything of
The resort island of Bali was affected by a magnitude 7 earthquake that struck neighboring province West Nusa Tenggara on Sunday evening, leading to a tsunami warning, the Jakarta Post reported. The tremor reportedly damaged buildings, including two shopping malls in Denpasar and Kuta, and the Cathedral in Denpasar. Ceiling tiles at I Gusti Ngurah
Two major dams in the western province of Kanchanaburi, Vajiralongkorn Dam and Srinagarind Dam, are now discharging more water down the Mae Klong River following continuous rain influenced by a depression and the southwest monsoon. The Royal Irrigation Department and the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand have decided to discharge more water from the two
At least 82 people were killed when Indonesia’s resort island of Lombok was hit by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake on Sunday evening. The powerful quake triggered panic among tourists and residents, and was also felt on the neighboring island of Bali. On Lombok, thousands fled from their homes to gather in emergency shelters in open
The Ministry of Energy and Mines is ready to join with all stakeholders in a government mission to investigate the cause of the damage to saddle dam D at the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydropower project, which resulted in serious flooding and destruction in Sanamxay district, Attapeu province, according to Vientiane Times. “We have set up a
Richard Stanton, one of the British cave divers involved in the Tham Luang cave rescue operation last month has been bestowed with the Coventry Award of Merits by the Coventry town where he has been residing, according to the BBC Thai website. The Coventry town will also grant him the Good Citizen Award for
Seven people were injured in an assassination attempt against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’s Communications Minister Jorge Rodriguez said. “President Maduro was not injured in the murder attempt,” the minister said. “Unfortunately, seven staff members were injured.” “He is working as usual,” Rodriguez said. TASS news agency reported that the attempted murder of the head
Prime Minister Prauyuth Chan-o-cha has instructed all authorities concerned with water management to closely monitor water situation in all dams and reservoirs, especially the Kaeng Krachan dam in Phetchaburi province which is now on the brink of overflowing and threatening to flood the Muang and several other downstream districts. Government spokesman Lt-Gen Sansern Kaewkamnerd said
The 11 Wild Boars soccer team members who were ordained as novices late last month left monkhood in a ceremony held this morning at Wat Phra That Doi Wao in Tambon Wiang Phang Kham of Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district. The 11 Wild Boars entered monkhood on July 25 along with the their coach Ekapol
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is scored 6.40 out of 10 and his government 5.06 in a recent satisfaction rating survey conducted by Bangkok University, or Bangkok Poll. The poll was conducted on 1,276 people aged 18 and above throughout the country to gauge the satisfaction toward Gen Prayut and his government after four years in
People in Phetchaburi’s Muang district have started filling sand bags distributed by officials in preparation for potential flooding as 20 water-pushing boats provided by the Royal Thai Navy were on their way to the province this afternoon. As massive water overflolw from Kaeng Krachan dam is expected to hit the Muang district tomorrow as anticipated
People in Phetchaburi province, especially in Muang district, have been warned that they might have to endure flooding for up to 1-2 months. National Water Resources Office secretary-general Somkiart Prachamwong said Saturday that the Kaeng Krachan dam was expected to be filled up to its full capacity in the next 10 hours and then the
Former Bank of Thailand governor M.R. Chatumongol Sonakul was elected leader of Ruampalang Prachachart Thai party, a newly-formed party designed to support Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha’s return to power, at a meeting held this morning after another candidate, Mr Anek Laothammathat, pulled out from the contest. Six other members of the party’s executive committee
