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Govt cooks up 'Halal corridor'
Published on 06/08/2023
» The government's Halal Economic Corridor (HEC) would help improve Thai livelihoods in the deep South, says a senior state official who is responsible for the project in the area.
Local team says Covid kitten spread virus to human
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/06/2022
» A veterinarian in Songkhla was diagnosed with Covid-19 after being sneezed on by an infected cat last year, according to research by Prince of Songkla University's Department of Health Science and Medical Research, based at the Faculty of Medicine.
Hope, fear as kingdom's gates creak ajar
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/07/2020
» Tourism operators and residents in five southern tourist destinations which may open up to foreign travellers next month are optimistic about the government's travel bubble scheme.
A glimmer of hope in dark times
News, Published on 23/02/2020
» The recent wave of shootings and constant fear over the coronavirus recalls what Claudius said in Hamlet: "When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions". And these "battalions" of sorrow have been plunging Thais into deep depression.
Getting the green light on electric cars
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 30/10/2016
» As of Sept 30, Thailand had 52 electric sedans on the road. There are roughly 1.3 million electric cars on the roads worldwide, but with fears batteries will flatten in traffic or flooding will lead to lasting damage, Thai drivers have been slow on the uptake.
The bats are on the wing
B Magazine, Published on 17/07/2016
» In last week's Green Fingers, I mentioned that my friend, who lives in California, said that US farm owners hired flocks of sheep to graze on their farms. "It's cheaper than hiring workers to clear the land of grass," he said. I thought he was pulling my leg, but just because the practice is unheard of in Thailand does not mean it's implausible. I just read that Google hires 200 goats regularly to chew away grass in its lawns rather than use lawnmowers.
Out in the South
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 19/06/2016
» Mo was born and raised in an isolated Muslim village not far from Pattani city in the South.
The curse and cure of kratom
Spectrum, Published on 06/09/2015
» The recipe for the kratom cocktail “4x100” is simple. Unlike cooking up methamphetamine, or ya ba, it does not require sophisticated knowledge of pharmaceuticals. And the ingredients for 4x100 are easy to find.
How to get into best universities?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 14/05/2012
» Entry into most famous universities increasingly difficult as they require their own special admissions tests.