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Police debate failure to halt drug influx
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/01/2018
» Police are considering adjusting their narcotics suppression strategies after statistics from previous crackdowns point to a surging amount of drugs reaching Bangkok and the central provinces.
Riverside nations adopt Mekong action plan
Published on 11/01/2018
» PHNOM PENH: Leaders of the six countries sharing the Mekong River on Wednesday adopted a five-year plan of action on sub-regional cooperation.
Downpour triggers city chaos
Published on 10/01/2018
» A morning downpour submerged several areas in Bangkok on Wednesday, triggering traffic chaos and trapping hundreds of office workers on flooded streets during rush hour.
Iranian oil tanker burns for third day as winds, waves lash rescuers
Associated Press, Published on 09/01/2018
» BEIJING: Lashing winds, high waves and toxic gases are hindering dozens of rescue boats struggling to locate missing sailors from a stricken oil tanker in the East China Sea and to extinguish a fire that has burned for the past three days on the ship.
River skywalk plans grounded
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 09/01/2018
» City Hall's controversial plan to build a skywalk stretching across the Chao Phraya River between Siriraj Hospital and the Tha Phrachan pier has been scrapped, Bangkok governor Aswin Kwanmuang revealed yesterday.
Flights cancelled as killer Typhoon Lan slams into central Japan
Kyodo News, Published on 23/10/2017
» TOKYO: Powerful Typhoon Lan made landfall on the Pacific coast of central Japan early Monday, leaving at least two dead as it battered a wide area with heavy rain and strong winds.
Typhoon Noru makes landfall in western Japan
Published on 07/08/2017
» TOKYO - A slow-moving typhoon made landfall in Wakayama prefecture on Monday afternoon, the weather agency said, after leaving at least one dead and seven injured in southwestern Japan.
Death toll rises to 25 in Japan floods
Kyodo News, Published on 11/07/2017
» FUKUOKA - The death toll rose to 25 on Monday as rescue efforts continued to find those unaccounted for after torrential rain hit southwestern Japan last week, with over 20 people still missing.
Japan flood death toll rises to 23
Kyodo News, Published on 10/07/2017
» FUKUOKA, JAPAN - The death toll rose to 23 on Monday as rescue efforts continued to find those unaccounted for after torrential rain hit southwestern Japan last week, with over 20 still missing.
Cambodia, Vietnam open new bridge to boost trade
Published on 24/04/2017
» PHNOM PENH - Cambodia and Vietnam on Monday opened a jointly built bridge across a river in the Mekong delta to improve trade and commerce between the two nations.