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Sukhumvit highway impassable in Trat, Koh Chang flood drains
Gary Boyle, Published on 16/09/2019
» TRAT: Flooding caused by heavy rain has drained off Koh Chang but continued to disrupt life in Muang district, where a section of Sukhumvit Highway was still impassable, on Monday.
Sukhumvit highway impassable in Trat, Koh Chang flood drains
Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 16/09/2019
» TRAT: Flooding caused by heavy rain has drained off Koh Chang but continued to disrupt life in Muang district, where a section of Sukhumvit Highway was still impassable, on Monday.
Adviser calls for independence of the SSO
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 16/11/2015
» The Social Security Office (SSO) should be turned into an independent body for the sake of better management of the Social Security Fund (SSF), an adviser to the new SSO board has urged.
The battle to ban asbestos
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 30/11/2014
» Depending on which medical expert you listen to, Thailand has either recorded just five cases of asbestos-related illness in its history, or use of the controversial material is a lurking menace affecting up to 1,000 people every year.
A point of view
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 16/12/2013
» Way back when, I majored in social sciences. At university, one of my professors gave a course "The History of History". It consisted of historians, with axes to grind, purporting to pen impartial histories through the ages. His point was that what we accept as factual was only their biased point of view.
Let's talk about Bangkok's floods
News, Arglit Boonyai, Published on 29/09/2012
» You may not be aware of this but it's raining quite heavily this year. On Tuesday Bangkok experienced rainfall of 138mm per hour; this caused heavy flooding on a number of roads across the capital.
Bali goes green with bamboo buildings
AFP, Published on 10/06/2012
» Strong, light and cheaper than steel poles, bamboo is ubiquitous across Asia as scaffolding.