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Gold miner claims tests let it off hook
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/01/2018
» Initial lab results show no trace of chemical substances used to mine gold in polluted water soaking paddy fields near Akara Resources PLC's gold mining site in Phichit, the company said yesterday.
Food for thought
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 05/01/2018
» A corporal motorcycle courier on the Western Front during World War I, Hitler fancied himself the German Napoleon Bonaparte. While he had good political instincts, a military genius he was not. Still, he had several first-rate strategists and tacticians on his staff.
Data centre planned to secure farm prices
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 05/01/2018
» The Commerce Ministry plans to build a real-time commodity data centre to manage inventories, production and marketing strategy to prevent prices from falling, said Chutima Bunyapraphasara, the deputy commerce minister.
Strong baht to depress 2018 exports
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 05/01/2018
» Thailand's rice exports are expected to ease this year from an expected record high of 11.2-11.3 million tonnes in 2017 because of rising global demand and the competitiveness of the local grain, says the Thai Rice Exporters Association.
Breathing uneasy: smog spurs health problems in New Delhi
Spectrum, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 07/01/2018
» When air quality levels in New Delhi rose over 40 times above the World Health Organisation's (WHO) safe limit, Rai, former president of the Indian Tour Agents Association, suffered a major asthma attack.
Thai team win top prize at ice sculpture contest in China
Nila Singkhiri, Published on 08/01/2018
» A Thai team's sculpture inspired by animals in the mythological forest of Himavanta won the top prize and the best technique award at the International Collegiate Snow Sculpture Contest in the city of Harbin in China's Heilongjiang province on Sunday.
Green peace
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 20/01/2018
» As Bangkok battles some of the worst traffic congestion and pollution levels in the world, the government is rushing to re-landscape parts of the city that have become derelict if not dangerous, turning wastelands riddled with drug users and thieves into safe havens and oases of green that families want to return to.
Seeds of innovation
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 22/01/2018
» Amid rising energy and fertiliser prices, climate change and ageing farmer populations in Asia, rice farmers need to apply innovations to maximise profits and continue earning a sustainable living.
Green but greying
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 22/01/2018
» Visit a rice farm anywhere in Asia these days and you will see a life that has hardly changed in decades. Transplanting paddy sprouts into muddy soil, swatting itch-inducing stalks with a sharp sickle and lifting heavy rice sacks into a rickety truck are all part of the backbreaking routine.
Cambodia launches rice brand to woo foreign buyers
Khmer Times, Published on 24/01/2018
» Rice authorities unveiled the “Malys Angkor” rice brand, a new certification mark that encompasses a range of Cambodian fragrant rice varieties.