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Unsafe PM2.5 levels return
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 22/10/2019
» Fine dust was at unsafe levels in many districts of Bangkok and some districts in Samut Prakan and Samut Sakhon provinces.
PM holds urgent haze meeting
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/10/2019
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday held an urgent video-conference with 16 provincial governors and related ministries after PM2.5 air pollution exceeded the so-called safe level in Bangkok and surrounding provinces.
Cooler air blamed for PM2.5 rise
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/09/2019
» A cloud of ultra-fine dust particles known as PM2.5 has returned to Bangkok due to cooler temperatures, with air quality indicators across the capital registering unhealthy levels of the harmful micro pollutant.
Govt looks to ease Mekong dam impacts
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/08/2019
» The Department of Fisheries will roll out a number of measures to help cushion the impacts of dam construction in the upper reaches of the Mekong River on Thai fishermen.
Xayaburi Dam in clear, says operator
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/07/2019
» The unseasonal drought currently affecting the lower Mekong Region has alerted both the public and the authorities to the activities of a series of dams further upstream on the international river.
Jumbo exchange ban eyed
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/07/2019
» National Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa will look into calls to stop sending Thai elephants abroad under animal exchange and research programmes, following concerns about their health.
Dam tests spark crisis
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 20/07/2019
» Thailand has asked the Lao government to suspend the test run of the Xayaburi dam, in order to curb the worsening drought that has hit provinces along the Mekong River.
Chalermchai vows to fight drought ills
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 19/07/2019
» Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Chalermchai Sri-on has pledged his ministry will tailor an assistance package for drought-affected farmers during a looming water shortage in many parts of the country this year.
13 awards given to research, innovation science projects
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 27/06/2019
» The Thailand Science and Research Innovation (TSRI) on Wednesday gave awards to 13 research and innovation projects, among them a shirt that can tell a person's health condition from body smell, and a computer 3-D model that can help restore historic sites.
Sri Lanka entices Thai tourists with food
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 04/06/2019
» Sri Lanka has launched a "Culinary Tourism" campaign to attract travellers and food enthusiasts from around the world, including Thailand, to visit a country which has been dubbed the Pearl of the Indian Ocean.