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Songkran travel gets nod
News, Post Reporters, Published on 07/04/2021
» Travellers from Bangkok and other at-risk areas heading to their home provinces during Songkran will not have to go into quarantine, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Tuesday.
Govt offers Songkran insurance
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/04/2021
» A special policy is on offer for people to insure themselves against Songkran traffic accidents and Covid-19 infection, according to government spokeswoman Rachada Dhnadirek.
56 dead already as muted Songkran starts
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/04/2021
» Thirty people were killed and 374 injured in 357 road accidents throughout the country on April 11, the second day of this year's Songkran road safety campaign, deputy permanent secretary for the interior Ansit Samphantharat said yesterday.
Hanging by a thread
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 13/04/2021
» For Korn, the coronavirus outbreak has heightened loneliness. He feels trapped in his cave-like apartment in Samut Prakan where he has been living and working, with his depression still lingering after a painful break-up three years ago. Songkran is the only time of year he visits his family in the Thon Buri district of Bangkok. They are not close but at least the thought gives him a sense of belonging. Moreover, Songkran allowed him to join boisterous pool parties and water fights and "free his spirit".
PM pledges to take care of ageing on 'Elderly Day'
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 14/04/2021
» The government pledged to take care of elderly citizens on the occasion of National Elderly Day yesterday and assured Thai citizens nationwide of the country's plan to provide care for the elderly.
Travellers take to cars, avoid public transport
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 17/04/2021
» About 95% of Songkran travellers used their own cars to get to their destinations and back, the Transport Ministry announced on Friday.
Raw sewage blights Isle of Wight beaches
AFP, Published on 04/04/2023
» RYDE, England: On the Isle of Wight, one of England's most popular seaside holiday destinations since Victorian times, a pipeline stretches out from the shore to pump raw sewage into coastal waters.
High heat, drought to take toll on Thailand
News, Published on 22/04/2023
» Summer is expected to end by the middle of next month, while the impact of El Niño, including drought, is predicted to take its toll on Thailand by around the middle of June, the Meteorological Department said on Friday.
Phuket's diarrhoea outbreak wanes, cause still unknown
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 15/06/2023
» PHUKET: A diarrhoea outbreak in this southern resort island province is subsiding, while health officials have not yet determined its cause.
Artist takes on the natural world
Life, Published on 21/06/2023
» The relationship between humanity and the natural world is reflected through artwork during "Land & Water", which is running at Warin Lab Contemporary, until July 29.