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India plans mega-dam to counter China water fears
AFP, Published on 30/09/2025
» RIEW (INDIA) - On a football field ringed by misty mountains, the air rang with fiery speeches as tribesmen protested a planned mega-dam -- India's latest move in its contest with China over Himalayan water.
Rare tapir seen in Kaeng Krachan park
Published on 05/12/2024
» A rare sighting of a tapir has been reported at Kaeng Krachan National Park in Phetchaburi.
A day at Khao Kheow Zoo
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 07/11/2024
» Even though it was nearly midday, I found myself stuck in traffic for several kilometres en route to Khao Kheow Open Zoo. It turned out to be the outcome of families trying to spend the last few days of school break with Moo Deng, the superstar baby pygmy hippo.
Inside a fatal Amazon journey
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 24/07/2022
» It was 4am, the sun had yet to rise over the Itaquai River deep in the Amazon, but a team of indigenous men was already busy preparing a breakfast of coffee, fried meat and fish. They worked on the small stove in their patrol boat, where they had lived for the past month, on the hunt for poachers.
Dam plans threaten forests
News, Pratch Rujivanarom, Published on 02/02/2022
» Two of Thailand's World Heritage sites are at risk of getting downgraded as they face threats from development projects being pursued by the government, environmentalists warn.
Fire, tobacco and spirits: Venezuelans fight Covid with ritual
AFP, Published on 15/10/2021
» MONTAñA DE SORTE (VENEZUELA) - With a single kick, Victor Medina collapses a burning pyre, then crosses the smouldering embers in his bare feet.
Beauty and the beasts
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 05/08/2021
» After three failures in recent years, the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry has successfully pushed the Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex to be listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site.
Nicaragua operation rescues two endangered jaguar cubs
AFP, Published on 28/01/2021
» MASAYA (NICARAGUA) - When a post on social media exposed animal traffickers who planned to illegally sell two young jaguars abroad, Nicaragua zookeeper Eduardo Sacasa had a narrow chance to save the cubs.
Baby boom at Taipei Zoo lightens pandemic blues
AFP, Published on 30/09/2020
» TAIPEI: Taiwan's largest zoo has celebrated a flurry of births in recent months, including pandas and pangolins, in a welcome boost during a visitor slump due to the coronavirus.
Siam Center invites you to send creative messages of love
Published on 07/02/2020
» Throughout the month of love, Siam Center: The Ideaopolis has transformed its space for people to send messages to their loved ones via “Laimo”, the famous tapir character from Taiwan, at the “Siam Center Presents Love of Siam with Laimo” event.