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DWR unveils strategy to ease droughts in Northeast
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/04/2013
» The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is to launch 19 water management pilot projects to solve water shortages in the Northeast.
Water diversion project under fire
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 21/04/2013
» Activists have voiced their opposition to Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi's plan to divert water from the Salween and Mekong rivers to feed the water-starved Northeast. The proposed projects are not the right solution to the drought problem in the region, they said.
Ancient Thai History: Sacred sema stones in Isan
Jon Fernquest, Published on 19/04/2013
» Ancient Dvaravati city in Kalasin known for "sema stones" that mark boundary of Phra Ubosot (ordination halls for Buddhist monks).
North Korea lays out tough pre-conditions for talks
AFP, Published on 18/04/2013
» North Korea offered talks Thursday with South Korea and the United States, but laid out pre-conditions that Seoul and Washington dismissed and analysts said would do little to reduce soaring tensions.
Central Africa's new strongman proclaims 3-year transition
AFP, Published on 25/03/2013
» Central African strongman Michel Djotodia on Monday dissolved the country's institutions and declared transitional rule a day after a bloody coup that forced the president into exile and drew international condemnation.
Central African rebels close in on capital
AFP, Published on 23/03/2013
» Rebels in the Central African Republic advanced on the capital claiming they were at "the gates of Bangui", after the collapse of a two-month-old peace deal.
Thailand must help its neighbours get over the dam fad
News, Published on 14/03/2013
» I was born and brought up in a hilltribe village at the foot of Doi Mae Salong in Chiang Rai. My mother was a teacher and social worker. My father was head of the hilltribe welfare unit.
UN rejects Haiti cholera damages claim
AFP, Published on 22/02/2013
» The United Nations formally rejected a multi-billion-dollar damages claim for a cholera epidemic in Haiti that has been widely blamed on UN peacekeepers.
Phra That Phanom
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 21/02/2013
» Until Tuesday, the annual Worshipping Phra That Phanom event will take place at Wat Phra That Phanom in That Phanom district, Nakhon Phanom, to encourage people to practice the Five Precepts of Buddhism, meditation and mindfulness.
Slain Pistorius girlfriend leaves haunting TV message
AFP, Published on 17/02/2013
» A celebrity television show on Saturday aired haunting footage of Oscar Pistorius's slain girlfriend speaking about the need to leave a positive mark on life, words laden with unintended poignancy two days after her shocking death.