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Monsoon floods have affected nearly 100,000 people and killed at least 10 across Karen and Mon states and Bago Region in southern Myanmar, according to government media reports today. According to the Karen State government, two children and a man died after they abandoned their home in search of shelter and their boat capsized, the
Disaster prevention and prevention offices in 59 provinces have been instructed to be fully prepared for river overflows, flash floods and landslides as many provinces in the North, Northeast, Central and South regions have been hit by intensive and isolated heavy rain, Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department director-general Chayapol Thitisak said on Monday. The 59
The Laotian Government will work with Thailand and South Korea whose companies are stakeholders in the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydropower project to investigate the cause of the collapse of its saddle dam, Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith announced today, according to Vientiane Times. The 410 MW capacity hydro plant is a joint venture between SK Engineering and
Indonesian rescue workers have reached Thai tourists trapped at four locations around Mount Rinjani volcano on Lombok island, according to a report from the Thai Embassy in Jakarta. The embassy said in its Facebook page that four groups of Thai tourists at Bayan (north Lombok), Sembalun, Sambelia and Brang Rea (east Lombok) had been located
Despite calls for a boycott, the just-concluded general election in Cambodia saw a turnout as high as 80.49 per cent, the National Election Commission (NEC) said. It said the turnout was even higher than the 69 per cent turnout in the last election five years ago. Sik Bun Hok, chairman of NEC described the high
A Thai female tourist who claimed to be among 150-200 Thai tourists trapped at a lake in the Gunung Rinjani national park of Indonesia has asked for help to get them out. A Facebook post under the name of Irene Tunwakhom reads as follows: “Anybody please coordinate for us. We are trapped at the lake
The Thai embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, has been instructed to expedite its coordination with Indonesian authorities to help the 304 Thai people trapped at the camping site near Lake Rinjani in Lombok, Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai said on Monday (July 30). Mr Don said the number of Thai tourists registered as being stranded at the
People living along the bank of the Mekong River in Chiang Rai province in the North and Mukdahan province in the Northeast have been told to take precautions against possible overflows of water from river. In Chiang Rai, water in the Mekong River has kept rising. The water level in front of the Chiang Saen
The death toll from a powerful magnitude-6.4 earthquake which struck the popular tourist island of Lombok in Indonesia today has climbed to 14 while about 150 Thai tourists are reported to be stranded on the island. Lombok in south-eastern Indonesia is a tourist destination popular among many Asian tourists, including those from Thailand, and lies
Democrat party deputy spokesman Churith Laksanavisit hit back at red-shirt co-leader Natthawat Saikua over the latter’s accusation that the party was involved in the overthrow of Thai Rak Thai-led Thaksin government and the Pheu Thai-led government of Ms Yingluck Shinawatra by the military. Churith insisted that the Democrat party had never supported or conspired with
An accumulated amount of 3,325 million cubic metres of water have flowed into the Vajiralongkorn dam in Kanchanaburi province since the beginning of this year, making it the annual record high of water-inflow for 34 years. In a report from a senior engineer based at the dam, Mr Thanasarn Thanawut, to the chief of Kanchanaburi
At least three were confirmed dead after a powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit the popular tourist destination of Lombok in Indonesia this morning, according to Reuters. The quake which was centred 50 km northeast of the city of Mataram on the northern part of Lombok island caused widespread damages to buildings. It struck at 6.47
One person was killed and the other injured when a six-wheel truck loaded with relief supplies to be sent to flood victims in Attapue province of Laos fell from the road into a stream about 10 metres below this morning, according to ABC Laos News. The report only said that both were Laotians, but did
“The Heroes”, the 13×3 metres canvas painting which tells the story of the dramatic rescue of 12 Wild Boars boys and their football coach from Tham Luang cave in Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai, was unveiled yesterday by national artist Mr Chalermchai Kositpipat and Mr Suvit Jaipom, president of Khua Silpa Association. Many Thai
The 12 Wild Boars footballers and their coach who are all in their monkhood, with the exception of Adul Sam-on who is a Christian, joined the family of the late Navy SEAL member Lt-Commander Samarn Kunan in a religious ceremony to float the ashes of their late hero into the Mekong river in Nakhon Phanom
Search and rescue workers have recovered all the eight bodies of villagers whose house was buried in a landslide in Bo Klua district of the northern most province of Nan on Friday night. All the victims were members of the Akkra family whose house in Ban Huay Kharb, Tambon Dong Phaya, was buried by landslide
