Cloud seeding to be started to ease air pollution in Bangkok
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has sought help from the Royal Rainmaking and Agricultural Aviation Department by conducting cloud seeding to ease air pollution in the capital.
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The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has sought help from the Royal Rainmaking and Agricultural Aviation Department by conducting cloud seeding to ease air pollution in the capital.
The whole of Bangkok is blanketed in excessive levels of PM2.5 dust this morning, measured at an average of 64.2µg/m³, far above the safe level of 37.5µg/m³
Cyber police warns pet owners to be more cautious when approached with offers to post photos of their pets on websites in exchange for commission fees.
A former Thai marine, who allegedly shot and killed former Cambodian opposition MP Lim Kimya in Bangkok on Tuesday, has been apprehended in Battambang province of Cambodia.
At least five people have been killed in wildfires rampaging around Los Angeles, officials said Wednesday, with firefighters overwhelmed by the speed and ferocity of multiple blazes -- including in Hollywood.
Amnesty International and ASEAN parliamentarians have condemned the assassination of former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) MP Lim Kimya in Bangkok on Tuesday.
Public prosecutors have decided to indict 16 key members of the iCon Group Company, including its CEO Waratphol Waratvorakul and former TV personality Kan Kantathavorn, as well as the corporate entity itself.
The governing coalition party whips, opposition parties and the Senate agreed today to postpone the deliberation of draft constitutional amendment bills until mid-February, to allow senators and MPs more time to study them.
A rapidly growing wildfire raged across an upscale section of Los Angeles on Tuesday, destroying homes and creating traffic jams as 30,000 people evacuated beneath huge plumes of smoke that covered much of the metropolitan area.
Police have found more information on another suspect who acted as the spotter in the shooting and killing of Lim Kimya, a former Cambodian opposition MP. The suspects remain at large.
More than 400 people trapped by a strong earthquake in the foothills of the Himalayas have been rescued, Chinese officials said, while over 30,000 residents have been relocated, as the search for survivors entered a second day on Wednesday.
A warrant has been issued in Thailand for the arrest of Ekaluck Paenoi, 41, the gunman who allegedly killed Lim Kimya, 74, a former Cambodian opposition MP, near Bowonniwet Temple in Bangkok yesterday.
The cabinet approved the budget ceiling for 2026 fiscal year today, setting it at 3.78 trillion baht, an increase of 27.9 billion baht from the 2025 fiscal year.
Villagers living in Nua Khlong district of Krabi province have called on officials to deal with long-tailed macaques, which have left their habitat in the mangrove forest to forage for food in their communities and along the beaches.
Air quality in Bangkok has further deteriorated today, with increased levels of PM2.5 in the atmosphere, making the capital the 8th most polluted city in the world.