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Delta variant taking over, warns expert
Gary Boyle, Published on 06/07/2021
» The Delta variant accounts for 52% of Covid-19 patients in Bangkok with a virus expert expecting it to become the dominant strain in the country by the end of the month.
2011 flood lessons go unheeded
Oped, Danny Marks, Published on 25/03/2020
» Almost 10 years ago, the Thai government faced another huge crisis and unnatural disaster: the 2011 floods which killed over 800 and caused over US$45 billion (1.5 trillion baht) in damage. The damage and losses would have been significantly lower if the Yingluck Shinawatra government had responded more effectively. While the responses needed to the coronavirus certainly differ from a mega-flood, there are numerous lessons that the current Prayut Chan-o-cha government can learn from the mistakes made during the floods and thus how to best handle a crisis. But have they?
Sporadic attacks worry army chief
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/01/2014
» Army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha is worried that an armed group might be behind sporadic attacks launched during the anti-government protests in Bangkok.