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Southern alert sounds over more expected rain misery
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/12/2024
» The Operation Centre for Flood and Landslide Victims has warned authorities and residents to prepare for new downpours in the southern region, already battered by widespread flooding.
End Japan's loans to Myanmar's Tatmadaw
News, Yuka Kiguchi, Published on 26/11/2024
» More than 3.5 years after the Myanmar military (Tatmadaw) attempted to seize control of the country through a coup, the Japanese government continues to provide Official Development Assistance (ODA) and public funds that benefit the military junta. Despite the sacrifices of the Myanmar people to end the Myanmar military's decades-long oppression, Japan's "assistance" risks burdening survivors with enormous loans that potentially enable the military to continue its atrocities against the very people it is meant to aid.
Chinese man rescued after 3 days down dry well in Mae Sot
News, Online Reporters, Published on 25/11/2024
» A Chinese man was rescued from a 12-metre dry water well on Sunday night, three days after he accidentally fell into it and became trapped.
Boy, 12, praised for rescuing drowning girl, 17, in Bangkok
News, Online Reporters, Published on 25/11/2024
» A 12-year-old boy received public praise for rescuing a 17-year-old girl who jumped into the Chao Phraya River from a Bangkok bridge on Friday night.
'Greener' transport key to growth
News, Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Published on 25/11/2024
» Across the Asia-Pacific region, especially in urban centres, electric cars and buses are increasingly replacing petrol-powered ones as a means of transportation. Aided by the ubiquity of smart devices, smart mobility and other transport innovations are significantly reshaping everyday life through ride-sharing apps, driver assistance technology and real-time traffic management.
Government mulls child welfare aid boost
News, Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 15/10/2024
» The government is pushing to further increase the monthly child welfare support payment for social security fund subscribers, in an effort to encourage Thais to have more children and stave off a possible labour shortage in the future, according to Labour Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn.
Link up or lose B10k, says govt
News, Post Reporters, Published on 14/10/2024
» The Comptroller General's Department is urging 380,000 eligible people who did not get the 10,000-baht cash handout to link their bank accounts to their national ID with the PromptPay system before Dec 16.
Officials speed up compensation for school bus fire
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/10/2024
» Education officials say they are speeding up the granting of financial aid to those affected by the school bus fire tragedy that killed 20 students and three teachers earlier this month in Pathum Thani.
Government ups flood compensation to flat B9,000
News, Mongkol Bangprapa and Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 02/10/2024
» The cabinet has revised compensation for flood victims to a flat rate of 9,000 baht per household instead of the previous 5,000-9,000 baht range.
Woman rescued from coils of large python
News, Online Reporters, Published on 18/09/2024
» An exhausted woman was freed from the coils of a large snake that had been wrapped around her body for almost two hours, at her house in Samut Prakan on Tuesday night.