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Bangkok's secret weapon in war against floods
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 21/10/2017
» When the torrential rains of Oct 13 caused heavy flooding in Bangkok, several parts of the city were swamped, including Chulalongkorn University Centenary Park in Sam Yan. However, as the park slowly filled with water, Kotchakorn Voraakhom, the landscape architect who designed the project, remained unconcerned. She even expressed her satisfaction in a Facebook post that the park had finally delivered on one of its purposes -- the detention of flood water.
Suthep challenges bomb probe police
Online Reporters, Published on 17/01/2014
» Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban on Friday demanded that police uncover the truth in their investigation into a bomb explosion on Banthat Thong road which injured 36 demonstrators.
Police blame blast on protest route
Online Reporters, Published on 17/01/2014
» The last minute decision to change the route of an anti-government protest march on Friday made it impossible for police to provide proper security for the group, leading to an explosion which injured 36 demonstrators, according national police chief Adul Saengsingkaew.
Daylight bombing of protest heightens fears
Online Reporters, Published on 17/01/2014
» A daylight attack and grenade explosion that injured 36 protesters marching on Banthat Thong Road on Friday underscored fears of rising violence as the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) continued its shutdown campaign to oust caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
City man shot dead in taxi
Published on 10/11/2012
» A young Bangkok man was shot dead in a taxi on Friday night while his two vocational student friends were left injured.