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Hospital and airline tycoon Prasert dies at 93
Published on 21/04/2026
» Dr Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth, the founder of Thailand’s largest private hospital business as well as an airline that put Koh Samui on the global tourism map, has passed away at the age of 93.
Democrats eye Virginia gains in war with Trump over US voting map
AFP, Published on 21/04/2026
» WASHINGTON — Virginia votes Tuesday in a referendum that could hand Democrats four extra seats in the US House of Representatives, turning President Donald Trump's redistricting push into a potential liability for Republicans in upcoming midterm elections.
Breathing in the dark
Life, Published on 21/04/2026
» Sangyond Loongta, 12, has never heard of PM2.5. Neither has her 14-year-old sister Kamong, nor their two-year-old sister Mauypong. The three girls arrived in Thailand about a year ago with their parents, who pick oranges in the orchards of Fang district in northern Chiang Mai. For much of that year, the children lived deep inside the orchard, helping raise their youngest sibling but not going to school.
Extreme weather risk jumps
News, Post Reporters, Published on 21/04/2026
» The Department of Climate Change and Environment (DCCE) has warned that Thailand's vulnerability to extreme weather has surged dramatically, rising from 72nd place in 2022 to 17th globally by 2024, while 2026 is projected to be one of the hottest years in world history.
Senators question land bridge
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 21/04/2026
» Senators have raised objections to the government's one-trillion-baht land bridge megaproject, citing economic impacts, environmental concerns and a lack of a thorough public hearing process.
Is the Iran war America's Suez or its Gallipoli?
Oped, Published on 21/04/2026
» When Egypt closed the Suez Canal for five months in 1956, it triggered events that shrunk the global standing of Britain's pound sterling, inaugurated the petrodollar age, and demonstrated how a small country can inflict serious damage upon the economic power that had subjugated it decades earlier.
AI hits academia
Oped, Postbag, Published on 21/04/2026
» Re: "Universities face age shift", (Editorial, April 18).
Mining is killing region's rivers
Oped, Pianporn Deetes, Published on 21/04/2026
» Last week, Thailand's Pollution Control Department (PCD) released a report on its tenth round of water quality monitoring tests on three rivers in the northern region. The report is based on samples taken from the Kok, Sai, Ruak, and Mekong rivers in the country's northernmost area.
Issa Compass: The startup that wants to open Bangkok to the world
Published on 20/04/2026
» Bangkok has always had a hold on people. You arrive for a few weeks and find yourself renegotiating your return flight. The food, the energy, the cost of living that actually makes sense. It adds up to something that's hard to name and harder to leave.
North Korea test-fires missiles armed with cluster bombs - KCNA
AFP, Published on 20/04/2026
» SEOUL - North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles that tested the power of its cluster munitions, its government news agency said on Monday, confirming the latest in a flurry of launches by the nuclear-armed state.