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High turnout expected for Sunday vote
Kyodo News, Published on 20/03/2019
» Thais are keenly awaiting the first general election in eight years on Sunday, with many of them expressing hope that a post-junta government will somehow bridge the nation's political divide that has existed for years.
Railways, trams to hit fast-track in 2018
News, Om Jotikasthira, Published on 22/01/2018
» This will be a "strong" year for plans to kick-start provincial public transport systems across the country, with such plans in at least five provinces on the government's radar, says Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP) chief Chaiwat Thongkamkoon.
Attempts to save tiger with 2kg tumour
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 21/01/2018
» SONGKHLA: Veterinarians from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation and Prince of Songkla University are trying to save a 20-year-old tiger suffering from a two-kilogramme tumour that has already affected its organs.
Donations pour in for homeless minibus driver, son
Published on 16/01/2018
» SONGKHLA: Runroj Thiprat, 62, and his 10-year-old son have been living in the rented minibus he drives for almost a year because he could not earn enough to make ends meet - but all that is about to change.
Govt blitz on foreign buses stirs concern
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 15/01/2018
» Songkhla: Authorities have been urged to issue clear guidelines on the use of foreign-registered buses in the southern province of Songkhla following the recent seizure of Malaysian buses in Hat Yai.
Romance, by the numbers
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 14/01/2018
» Aaron is a physically active man in his late 50s. He owns a distribution company and is a widower, his wife having passed away from cancer six years ago. They were high school sweethearts. He has tried to move on and meet new women, including by signing up with a speed dating company, but says he found he was at "the bottom of the dating barrel" at such events due to his advanced age.
Railway police launch crackdown on motorbike thieves
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 14/01/2018
» It cannot be denied that vehicle theft is among the top criminal activities in Thailand. And it is widely known that the vehicles mostly targeted by theft gangs are motorcycles, as perpetrators can easily hack their security alarm systems and abscond with the vehicles.
Gripens to fly at air shows despite crash
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 12/01/2018
» The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has confirmed that Gripen fighters will take part in air shows on Children's Day on Saturday, even though one of the jet fighters crashed at an event last year.
Pilot disorientation blamed for Gripen fighter crash
Wassana Nanuam, Published on 11/01/2018
» The air force has concluded that pilot spatial disorientation led to the crash of a Gripen jet fighter in Songkhla province on Children's Day, Jan 14, last year.
As sea temperatures rise, Thailand sees coral bleaching
Spectrum, Published on 25/12/2016
» Mass coral bleaching at the Great Barrier Reef this year triggered international attention towards the severe impact of climate change. The worst-ever bleaching event was caused by the El Nino climate cycle that began around the middle of 2014. Two-thirds of corals in the northern part of the Great Barrier Reef died.