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Postbag: Impose a tax on bags
News, Published on 03/09/2014
» It seems that authorities have finally have woken up to the fact that Thailand is facing a garbage crisis. But buy a bottle of fizzy drink from a convenience store, and you are offered at least one plastic bag and possibly two if your purchase is remotely heavy.
Deadly jellyfish linger
News, Published on 31/08/2014
» Authorities on Koh Phangan are rushing to warn tourists about smacks of deadly box jellyfish lingering off the island’s beaches.
Learning Thai with Post Today (Archive)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 01/08/2014
» Here are all the columns we have done since we began in late August 2012.
Chumphon’s understated charms
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 17/07/2014
» The coffee cherries were ripe, a bright, appetising red. Even from a distance, the scarlet berries stood out clearly on the long, straight branches of Coffea canephora, the botanical name for the species commonly known as Robusta. This type of coffee is widely grown in the South and, according to statistics compiled by the Office of Agricultural Economics, more than half the land devoted to cultivating this cash crop in our southern provinces is located in Chumphon, where plantations also boast the highest yield per rai in the entire region.
Dengue fever hits Samui island
Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 04/07/2014
» Public health officials are undertaking a campaign to fend off the spread of dengue fever on Koh Samui which made the island one of the worst cases in Surat Thani province.
Islands get ecozone protection
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/06/2014
» The Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (Onep) has declared Koh Samui, Koh Tao and Koh Phangan districts in Surat Thani province part of an environmentally-protected zone after nine years of efforts to regulate commercial development on the islands.
Jazzing up Hua Hin
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 19/06/2014
» The annual Hua Hin Jazz Festival 2014 has been rescheduled to July 26.
On song in Songkhla
Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 18/05/2014
» Last week I began a tour of the South in Phatthalung. Today I’d like to continue on to Songkhla by crossing the bridge and elevated road across Thalay Noi in Phatthalung to Amphoe Ranote in Songkhla. The road is wide and smooth, and the route is direct.
What's new in business news: February 27, 2014
Jon Fernquest, Published on 27/02/2014
» Koh Tao rated world's 10th best tourism island, condo boom in Cha-am & Hua Hin, & $3.3bn Myanmar gas & oil investment by PTT.
Koh Tao rated world's 10th best island
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 27/02/2014
» Koh Tao has been named as the 10th best island destination in the world by netizens who took part in TripAdvisor’s 2014 Travellers’ Choice Awards.