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Acid spill in Laos yet to reach Thai towns on Mekong River
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 09/04/2024
» The water quality in a stretch of the Mekong River along the Thailand-Laos border was still safe on Monday following Wednesday's incident in Laos, in which a lorry leaked sulphuric acid into one of the river's tributaries. Authorities will continue monitoring the water quality until Friday.
Get wet to keep the heat at bay!
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 08/04/2024
» To honour the initiation of Songran into Unesco’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage in December last year, many places are hosting events and parties to make a huge splash on the world stage.
Hazardous smog blankets 37 provinces
Published on 08/04/2024
» Hazardously thick smog shrouded 37 of the 77 provinces on Monday morning, mostly in the North where Chiang Rai residents suffered under the worst level of PM2.5 dust.
Thai-Laos QR payments to boost tourism
News, Published on 08/04/2024
» Tourist spending on both sides of the Thai-Laos border looks set to increase after the Bank of Thailand (BoT) and the Bank of Lao (BoL) on Sunday launched a new QR payment system to support electronic transactions.
Hazardous smog shrouds 45 Thai provinces
Online Reporters, Published on 07/04/2024
» Hazardously thick smog is blanketing 45 out of 77 provinces in the country, mostly in the North, with Chiang Mai suffering the worst levels of PM2.5 on Sunday.
Provinces on alert after acid leak into river from Laos
Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 07/04/2024
» The government is monitoring sulphuric acid contamination in the Mekong River on the Lao side of the border.
22kg of Korea-bound heroin found in sunscreen boxes
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 04/04/2024
» Police have arrested a 70-year-old man after seizing 22 kilogrammes of heroin stuffed into boxes of sunscreen at a parcel delivery counter in Nong Khai. The drugs were reportedly bound for South Korea via Bangkok.
Drive to reopen border checkpoints with Laos
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 04/04/2024
» Thailand is holding talks with Laos to expedite the reopening of border checkpoints to facilitate border trade and tourism between the two countries.
Smog levels continue to rise
Online Reporters, Published on 03/04/2024
» Smog levels continued to rise on Wednesday morning with PM2.5 dust readings exceeding 200 microgrammes per cubic metre of air in three northern provinces, including Chiang Mai.
Dangerously thick smog intensifies, expands
Online Reporters, Published on 02/04/2024
» Red-coded levels of PM2.5 dust had increased and expanded from the North into parts of the Central Plain and the Northeast, with the worst levels in Chiang Mai, on Tuesday morning.