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How awful was rice pledging, really?
Business, Published on 25/08/2017
» The verdict from the Supreme Court is out today on whether former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra is guilty for her handling of the contentious rice-pledging scheme, one that officials say cost taxpayers more than 500 billion baht.
Finding its level
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 07/06/2017
» After two heavy downpours over the past couple of weeks, citizens have come to realise that Bangkok, even with seven drainage tunnels, is still vulnerable to flooding.
Villages win royal 'zero waste' prizes
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 04/01/2017
» Buri Ram: Two local communities in this northeastern province have won a prestigious environmental award for their promotional efforts to achieve zero waste.
Australia kicks off New Year party defying terror threat
AFP, Published on 31/12/2016
» SYDNEY - Global terror attacks have cast a pall over New Year celebrations but Sydney was on Saturday set to defy the threats and ring in 2017 with a firework extravaganza on the glittering harbour.
Indonesian scavengers scrape a living by recycling
AFP, Published on 30/09/2016
» JAKARTA - Sifting through piles of pungent rubbish in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, scores of men and women collect used plastic bottles with their bare hands and put them into big bags.
Illegal garbage dumping causes big stink
News, Cheewin Sattha, Published on 31/08/2016
» CHIANG MAI: Residents are up in arms over garbage collectors who dump rubbish in earth pits just 500 metres behind San Pa Tong Hospital.
Garbage dumped behind hospital in Chiang Mai
Cheewin Sattha, Published on 30/08/2016
» CHIANG MAI -- Garbage collectors have been illegally dumping trash in abandoned earth pits only 500 metres behind San Pa Tong Hospital for over 10 years, heavily polluting the area and creating an eyesore, local residents complain.
Water hyacinths to be cleared from Chao Phraya (Updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 02/08/2016
» Officials have been told to clear water hyacinths clogging rivers and waterways from the central plains to Bangkok to improve flows and prevent floods.
PM orders clearing of water hyacinths
Online Reporters, Published on 01/08/2016
» Officials have been told to clear water hyacinths clogging rivers and waterways from the central plains to Bangkok to improve flows and prevent floods.
Refugee fights his way into Olympics and new life in Brazil
News, AFP, Published on 27/04/2016
» Ferocity may sound like a good thing in martial arts, but when Popole Misenga started training for his Olympic judo team he was, well, too ferocious -- "brutal," one coach says.