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Fall armyworm invades crops across Asia
Reuters, Published on 20/06/2019
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA/SINGAPORE: Looking out at his empty, red-earth field, Thai farmer Puang Timdon said his two-week-old maize crop didn't stand a chance against the fall armyworm pest.
China says its Panchen Lama visited Thailand in May
Reuters, Published on 11/06/2019
» BEIJING: A youth appointed by China as the second-highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism but reviled as a fake by many Tibetans made his first trip outside the country last month, attending events in Thailand, Chinese state media reported.
Army: ‘No knowledge’ of dead activists stuffed with concrete
Reuters, Published on 23/01/2019
» The Thai army said on Wednesday it had no knowledge of two exiled critics of the military and royal family whose bodies police say were found "stuffed with concrete" along the Mekong River border with Laos.
Vardy, grieving Foxes to attend Vichai's funeral Sunday
Reuters, Published on 02/11/2018
» LONDON: Striker Jamie Vardy and his Leicester City teammates will travel to Thailand for the funeral of owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha after Saturday's Premier League match against Cardiff City.
Trapped boys get dive lessons as rescuers prepare for extraction
Reuters, Published on 04/07/2018
» MAE SAI, Chiang Rai: Rescue teams in northern Thailand were giving crash courses in swimming and diving on Wednesday as part of complex preparations to extract a young soccer squad trapped in a cave, and hoping for a swift end to their harrowing 11-day ordeal.
'Tham Luang Cave Museum' to showcase boys' rescue
Reuters, Published on 12/07/2018
» MAE SAI, Chiang Rai: The cave complex in Thailand where 12 schoolboys and their football coach were trapped for more than two weeks will be turned into a museum to showcase the rescue, the head of the operation said on Wednesday.
Candles and chanting as cave boys' ordination begins
Reuters, Published on 24/07/2018
» Eleven boys from the “Wild Boars” soccer team - rescued from the flooded Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district in a drama that gripped global audiences - took their first steps on Tuesday to be ordained as Buddhist novices in a ceremony steeped in tradition.
Thailand to increase coal use in power generation: minister
Reuters, Published on 12/04/2018
» NEW DELHI/BANGKOK: Thailand is expected to increase the share of electricity generated by coal to diversify its fuel mix for power generation, the country's energy minister said.
Six jailed for setting fire to kings' portraits
Reuters, Published on 31/01/2018
» A court on Wednesday sentenced six people to jail for setting fire to portraits of King Maha Vajiralongkorn and his father, the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, in several spots around the northeastern province of Khon Kaen last year.
King orders festival paying homage to past monarchs
Reuters, Published on 08/01/2018
» His Majesty the King has ordered a history-themed festival for the public, a government spokesman said on Monday, as the nation emerges from a year of mourning for his revered father.