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Low-rise developers urged to boost safety
Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 11/07/2025
» Low-rise housing developers should invest more in structural reinforcement to improve resilience against potential future tremors, which are likely following the earthquake in Myanmar in March, according to the Thai Structural Engineers Association.
Quelling the tremors of March 28
Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 07/06/2025
» The earthquake that struck Myanmar on March 28 sent tremors through many high-rise buildings in Bangkok, shaking not just the structures but also buyer confidence, if only briefly.
Insuring against earthquake risk
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 05/04/2025
» The 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar and parts of Thailand on March 28 left significant cracks in high-rise buildings in Bangkok and surrounding provinces.
Facebook's coin toss
Business, Published on 01/07/2019
» The recent introduction of Libra by Facebook has caused tremors in both the physical and virtual financial spheres, as the much-touted "new global currency" presents itself as a game-changer for mainstreaming the digital currency movement and liberating the unbanked.
School's out in the North
News, Published on 05/07/2014
» Two months on and the trail of destruction left by one of the country’s worst earthquake disasters is still there for all to see in the classrooms of remote schools in Chiang Rai where students are forced to have their lessons in tents.
Quake’s wake-up call
Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 26/05/2014
» The May 5 earthquake and subsequent aftershocks in Chiang Rai have cooled land prices and a property buying spree, particularly in Muang district, where the property market has flourished over the past few years on an anticipated boom in border trade and new infrastructure development.
Brain implant may restore lost memory
AFP, Published on 01/05/2014
» In the next few months, highly secretive US military researchers say they will unveil new advances toward developing a brain implant that could one day restore a wounded soldier's memory.
Mekong dams put Cambodian food security at risk
News, Published on 07/10/2013
» Cambodia's per capita consumption of inland fish is among the highest in the world and its people depend on fish for nearly three-quarters of their protein intake. But information released by the Cambodian Fisheries Administration (FiA) may be a game-changer for the future of the Mekong River.
Herbs and vices: krathom a killer to some, curative to others
Spectrum, Tunya Sukpanich, Published on 16/09/2012
» More than 20,000 krathom trees in Nakhon Si Thammarat province have reportedly been cut down in the past few years as part of the government's policy to suppress the growing popularity of ''4X100'' krathom formulas among young people. It is not known how many more thousands of the trees may have been destroyed in other southern provinces. Many people say the harsh measures are unwarranted as krathom by itself has long been used as a traditional medicine and its effects are mild.
Quake-weary Christchurch still on edge, one year on
AFP, Published on 20/02/2012
» Christchurch residents have been living on their nerves for more than 12 months amid constant aftershocks, afraid that next tremor could be another "big one", repeating the disaster that ripped their lives apart a year ago.