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Rising from the ashes
Life, Published on 23/08/2018
» Neon lights, busy streets and the Tokyo Tower were left behind the glass windows once our bus left Tokyo. The view along the road gradually changed from buildings to farmlands and forests while heading north to the Tohoku region.
Scarce rain a headache in NE, amid continuing flood fears
Published on 08/08/2018
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: The rush to discharge water from brimming reservoirs at many major dams, with more rain forecast, is in sharp contrast to the major concern at Upper Moon dam in Khon Buri district - where there has been almost no rain for about six months.
Discharge rate increased at Hua Na dam in Si Sa Ket
Published on 06/08/2018
» SI SA KET: Fourteen sluice gates have been opened wider at Hua Na dam in Kanthararom district to release excess water from the reservoir, which is holding 7% more than its intended capacity, according to local officials.
Strike a pose for International Yoga Day
AFP, Published on 21/06/2018
» NEW DELHI: Downward-facing dogs, cobras and warriors were set to sprout all over the world Thursday, as the fourth annual International Yoga Day got under way.
Northeast braces for July downpours
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/05/2018
» The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) is keeping an eye on water levels in the Northeast, especially in watershed provinces as the region continues to experience steady rainfall.
Kachin civilians flee Myanmar's 'forgotten war'
AFP, Published on 18/05/2018
» DANAI, Myanmar: Seng Moon grabbed her day-old baby and fled into the thick jungle, joining thousands of villagers escaping fighting between ethnic Kachin rebels and Myanmar's army, now reinforced by a unit notorious for its brutal "clearance" operations.
How the families of 10 massacred Rohingya fled Myanmar
Reuters, Published on 12/04/2018
» KUTUPALONG REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh: Rehana Khatun dreamed her husband came home. He appeared without warning in their village in western Myanmar, outside their handsome wooden house shaded by mango trees. "He didn't say anything," she said. "He was only there for a few seconds, and then he was gone." Then Rehana Khatun woke up.
Discovering how Bangkok blossomed
Life, Published on 22/03/2018
» The Bang Rak area, aka the Charoen Krung Creative District, boasts not only the new Thailand Creative and Design Centre at the old Post Office, Warehouse 30 and other art galleries in small alleys but also many cultural attractions and eateries.
A new Klong Toey: the path of the pigs is no more
Spectrum, Published on 18/03/2018
» He got to the Slaughter House maybe a month before she did. She: Ms Teacher. Uncle (although he wasn't "Uncle-old," but with his thick glasses, just kinda looked like you should call him "Uncle") Teacher Gimp. Calling him Gimp didn't seem offensive, although maybe it was, but the kids he taught for months and years in the Slaughter House Slum accepted him for what he was: a gimp, with thick glasses, virtues, and warts and wrinkles, all wrapped up together.
Resorts, restaurant seized for encroachment on Phangan
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 06/02/2018
» SURAT THANI: Three resorts and one restaurant on the island of Koh Phangan, notorious for the popular full moon party, were seized for illegally occupying public land on Monday.