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PM2.5 to spike in Bangkok
Gary Boyle, Published on 15/01/2024
» Bangkok residents have been told to expect rising levels of PM2.5, which forecasters at the Pollution Control Department have said will continue to worsen until Wednesday.
Farmers continue drying rice on roads despite fatal accident
Gary Boyle, Published on 13/11/2019
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Farmers continue to dry their freshly harvested rice on public roads in this northeastern province even though it recently caused a fatal collision and is illegal.
Rainy season set to be wetter this year
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 14/05/2018
» Thailand could see 10% more rainfall than usual during this year's rainy season with Andaman coastal provinces and eastern areas being warned of particularly heavy downpours, says the Thai Meteorological Department (TMD).
Yingluck denies all charges
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 10/01/2015
» Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has denied all charges against her in connection with the rice-pledging programme, asking the NLA why she was being impeached when she had already lost her position.
Bananas, not rice, the future for this farmer
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 21/04/2014
» Forty-six-year-old Wichian Sonchaiying has been a rice farmer his whole life, but not this year. Problems with government support programmes have caused him to turn to growing bananas.
Real farmers get real money
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 20/02/2014
» Unpaid farmers in Pitsanulok collected donations to help feed their families until police stopped them and demanded to know if they were real farmers. They were.
It's "Brother first" for "Poo Kanchiang"
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 27/12/2012
» Government House reporters have finished their annual list of nicknames for government leaders
Wasps to the rescue
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 23/10/2012
» Local farmers, media and scientists gathered to witness the release of bug-killing parasitic wasps in a cassava plantation in Khon Kaen in 2010. Now agricultural officials want to use the same approach to protect coconut trees in the South. Photo by Rod Lefroy
Royal Ploughing Ceremony
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 10/05/2012
» Thai rice farmers got some encouragement yesterday morning when soothsayers determined that rice harvests would be good, water adequate and the country would see an abundance of food.
The Bang Rakam Model
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 07/12/2011
» The Bang Rakam Model promoted by the PM for flood relief and control has its good points, say Bang Rakam residents, but it needs some adjustments.