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Drone in Chiang Mai helps solve forest carbon capture riddle
AFP, Published on 18/12/2023
» CHIANG MAI: On a hillside overlooking cabbage fields outside the northern city of Chiang Mai, a drone's rotors begin to whir, lifting it over a patch of forest.
Samui quietly reopens to vaccinated foreign travellers
AFP, Published on 15/07/2021
» Koh Samui opened to vaccinated foreign tourists on Thursday despite a nationwide surge in Covid-19 cases propelled by the Delta variant.
Dozens of Myanmar refugees make 'voluntary return’
AFP, Published on 31/03/2021
» Some 50 Myanmar refugees who fled air strikes to neighbouring Mae Hong Son province "voluntarily" returned across the border Wednesday, Thai authorities said, despite reports of continued bombings in their home state.
Interpol issues 'red notice' for Red Bull scion over hit-and-run
AFP, Published on 04/10/2020
» Interpol has issued a "red notice" to arrest the fugitive Thai inheritor of the Red Bull billions for his role in a fatal hit-and-run, police said Sunday.
Supercars and champagne: Bangkok's rich purr through pandemic
AFP, Published on 09/08/2020
» As the coronavirus brought the global economy to its knees, Thai businessman Yod decided to buy himself a 27 million baht treat -- a lime-green Lamborghini.
Asia virus latest: Japan lifts emergency, Thailand seeks cheap vaccine
AFP, Published on 25/05/2020
» Here are the latest developments in Asia related to the coronavirus pandemic:
Thai elephants 'broken' for lucrative animal tourism
AFP, Published on 23/12/2019
» SURIN: Separated from their mothers, jabbed with metal hooks, and sometimes deprived of food -- many Thai elephants are tamed by force before being sold to lucrative tourism sites increasingly advertised as 'sanctuaries' to cruelty-conscious travellers.
Drones, boats and megabaht: Laos route spews meth into Thailand
AFP, Published on 11/06/2019
» NAKHON PHANOM: As dusk falls along the Mekong River, a nightly dance begins between Thai border security and Laos drug gangs now using drones, scouts and a pool of poor fishermen to shift record amounts of meth into Thailand.
Cheese fans upset over plans for pasteurised camembert
AFP, Published on 30/04/2019
» FLERS, France: Surrounded by mottled brown-and-white cows basking in the Normandy spring sunshine, Patrick Mercier admits his prized raw-milk camembert doesn't come cheap, but suggests not everyone should have to make the cheese this way.
Myanmar's China frontier 'wildlife supermarket'
AFP, Published on 26/04/2019
» MONGLA, Myanmar: Bentleys and BMW convertibles roll up to the "Venetian Casino" in Mongla on the Myanmar-China border, a melting pot of sex, drugs and gambling on a frontier that has also become a "supermarket" for illegally traded wildlife.