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Southern floods: Round 2?
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 16/01/2017
» People in southern provinces and local authorities are bracing for a new round of floods after more heavy rain was forecast in the region this week.
Death toll reaches 25 as temporary bridges reopen traffic (Wed. Update)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 11/01/2017
» The death toll from the flooding in the South has reached 25 with two missing. Travel to the South has begun to improve with the building of temporary bridges in Prachuap Khiri Khan.
More rain today for South as deaths hit 19, Dramatic rescue in Krabi (Updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 09/01/2017
» Outbreaks of heavy to very heavy rain are forecast for 13 provinces central and southern from now until tomorrow. Almost one million people have been affected, with 19 dead and one missing.
More heavy rain forecast for the South (Flood update)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 08/01/2017
» With hundreds of thousands of people already stranded throughout much of the southern region, more heavy rain is forecast for today and tomorrow.
Foreign Trade Dept rejects "plastic mixed with rice" claim
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 05/01/2017
» Mixing expensive plastic with cheap rice makes no sense, the Foreign Trade Dept says in rejecting a foreigner's claim that her package was a rice-plastic combination.
Quick US justice for Thai woman in handbag scam
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 27/12/2016
» A Thai woman was sentenced to 30 months in prison and ordered to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines by a United States court for running a handbag-related scheme to defraud department stores across the country.
Zero-dollar-tour crackdown still affecting Chinese tourist arrivals
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 22/12/2016
» The decline in Chinese tourist arrivals to Thailand is expected to continue at least until the first quarter of 2017 because of the recent crackdown on zero-dollar tours, says the Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT).
Nationwide tributes to the late King
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 06/12/2016
» Thais across the nation took part in activities in tribute to the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej Monday, observing his birthday in a solemn manner and pledging to follow his teachings.
YouTube star accused of mocking Thai English students
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 28/11/2016
» Nate Bartling's latest video prank, produced, he says, to highlight weaknesses in English teaching methods, has come under fire for humiliating the students he featured.
Garbage 'mountain' on Koh Tao
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 22/11/2016
» A "garbage mountain" is taking shape on Koh Tao after years of poor waste management and provincial authorities are stepping in to help local officials solve the problem now too big for them.