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  • GENERAL

    Operators unfazed by Mideast situation

    Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 19/04/2024

    » Tourism operators view the Israel-Iran conflict and Dubai floods as having a short-term impact on long-haul arrivals, while outbound tourists remain hesitant about visiting the region amid the ongoing conflict.

  • OPINION

    Port saga never ends

    News, Editorial, Published on 17/04/2024

    » Governments have tried to move Bangkok Port in Klong Toey to Laem Chabang deep-sea port in Chon Buri province many times.

  • WORLD

    Landslides kill 18 on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, 2 missing

    Published on 15/04/2024

    » JAKARTA - Landslides on Indonesia's Sulawesi island on the weekend killed at least 18 people with rescue efforts, including police sniffer dogs, still ongoing for two missing people, local authorities said on Monday.

  • WORLD

    Landslides kill 15 on Indonesia's Sulawesi island

    Published on 14/04/2024

    » JAKARTA - At least 15 people have been killed in landslides on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, the country's disaster mitigation agency said on Sunday, with rescue efforts ongoing for those reported missing.

  • THAILAND

    Agencies told to boost preparedness for floods

    News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 11/04/2024

    » Water management agencies have been told to regularly report their progress in implementing 10 key measures to cope with this year's rainy season, which forecasters have said would be an unusually wet one.

  • OPINION

    Southeast Asian banks must stop funding coal

    Oped, Published on 11/04/2024

    » Indonesia is by far a major top producer of dangerous climate emissions -- more than any country in the Southeast Asian region, mainly due to its burning of coal. The country is also feeling the full force of worsening climate disasters, from floods and storms to deadly landslides. My hometown, Jakarta, is sinking -- and this is compounded by regular catastrophic flooding and air pollution that disrupts millions of lives. Indonesia faces huge risks as it currently sits as the second most disaster-prone country in the world, according to the World Risk Report 2023.

  • WORLD

    Russia, Kazakhstan evacuate 100,000 amid flooding

    Reuters, Published on 10/04/2024

    » ORSK - Russia and Kazakhstan ordered more than 100,000 people to evacuate after swiftly melting snow swelled mighty rivers beyond bursting point in the worst flooding in the area for at least 70 years.

  • THAILAND

    BMA dredges city's canals to stave off seasonal floods

    News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 03/04/2024

    » In an effort to ward off flooding during the rainy season, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has begun dredging the city's canals, with the work expected to be finished in May.

  • LIFE

    Tackling climate change

    Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 02/04/2024

    » Climate change has caused several negative effects such as intensified extreme weather, rising sea levels and disruptions to food systems all over the world. To raise awareness of climate change and move towards solutions, the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation recently organised the forum "Climate Change: Multidimensional Problems And Impacts On Thailand" at The Berkeley Hotel Pratunam and on its Facebook page MHESIThailand.

  • OPINION

    Hope on horizon for starving Palestinians?

    Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 14/03/2024

    » Good news! The US logistical support ship General Frank S. Besson Junior has just sailed from Norfolk, Virginia, carrying the equipment needed to build a temporary pier off the coast of Gaza. That will enable the US to deliver food to the starving (yes, literally starving) Palestinian population of the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip.

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