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Indonesia dishes out first free meals in programme targeting 83m people
Published on 06/01/2025
» JAKARTA - Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto's ambitious multi-billion dollar programme to provide free meals to more than a quarter of his people was officially underway on Monday, officials said, with 570,000 mouths to feed on its opening day.
Businesses cash in on flap over army mess trays
Online Reporters, Published on 07/09/2024
» Two popular kitchenware brands have announced promotions offering stainless steel meal trays made from high-quality materials comparable to Royal Thai Army specifications, but at prices around 30% lower.
Hawaii star chefs mount massive operation to feed fire survivors
AFP, Published on 14/08/2023
» KAHULUI (UNITED STATES) - When the devastating wildfire ripped through Hawaii's Lahaina community last week, some of the archipelago's most renowned chefs sprang into action to help as best they could: in the kitchen.
Still more work to do at THAI
News, Editorial, Published on 26/02/2023
» Thai Airways is in the spotlight once again, but for the wrong reasons. In what has now become a viral TikTok video, a user showed how cabin crew failed to collect meal trays from a seat as a flight from Singapore to Bangkok was about to land.
A growing hunger for bugs
Business, Pitsinee Jitpleecheep, Published on 05/12/2022
» Edible insects have been served as food in Thailand for a long time, often visible at street vendor stalls selling trays of fried insects, silkworm pupae, bamboo worms, locusts, beetles and crickets, with soy sauces and even seasonings.
Give bin men jabs
Oped, Postbag, Published on 07/08/2021
» A disgraceful but commonplace sight all over Bangkok has long been that of our trash collectors doing a dirty job without adequate uniforms. Covid has now made their job even more risky.
Post-jab death sparks autopsy call
News, Published on 24/06/2021
» KHON KAEN: The family of a young police officer who died suddenly 11 days after receiving his second Covid-19 vaccination has requested an autopsy to clear up questions about his death.
British tourists sneak out of Swiss ski resort
AFP, Published on 28/12/2020
» GENEVA: Hundreds of British tourists forced into quarantine in the Swiss ski resort of Verbier fled in the night rather than seeing their holidays go downhill, the local municipality said Sunday.
With travel limited, plane cafes take off in Thailand
AFP, Published on 13/09/2020
» With millions around the world stuck at home due to the pandemic, "plane cafes" in Thailand are offering customers the chance to pretend they are in the sky -- and the idea seems to have taken off.
Vendor offers free meals to virus-hit
News, Published on 25/03/2020
» A food vendor in Muang district of Nakhon Sawan is using his small roadside shop to provide free meals for people put out of work by the spread of the novel coronavirus.