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MoUs mark elevation of Nepal ties on PM's visit
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/04/2025
» Thailand signed eight memoranda of understanding (MoU) and agreements with Nepal on Wednesday, elevating their cooperation in key areas including tourism and education.
THAI plans more flights for tourists
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 27/09/2023
» Thai Airways International (THAI) is planning to serve more international destinations in the coming high season in an effort to attract more tourists.
Himalayas key to climate battle
News, Sophia Kalantzakos & Kunda Dixit, Published on 15/05/2023
» In our collective imagination, the Himalayas -- the roof of the world -- are an archetype: glistening white, distant, even otherworldly. Climbing them is proof of humanity's daring, courage and drive. And yet, despite rising 6,993 metres above sea level, the summit of Mount Machapuchare in central Nepal resembled a black rock pyramid this winter, devoid of ice and snow. Glaciers near Mount Everest have turned into large lakes.
Overseas voting almost done
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/05/2023
» More than 80% of Thais living abroad who are eligible to do so have reportedly showed up to cast their votes ahead of the May 14 general election, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).
94 evacuees from Sudan to vote at home
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/04/2023
» The Election Commission (EC) has agreed to allow 94 Thais evacuated from Sudan to cast their ballots for the upcoming election in Thailand.
Air quality worsens in North as fires rage
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/04/2023
» Chiang Mai was ranked as the world's worst city for air pollution by Iqair.com yesterday, while forest fires in Chiang Rai were made worse by a drug addict who started a blaze.
Cultural looting still a persistent crisis in SE Asia
News, Daoud Bouledroua, Nisit Intamano and Montakarn Suvanatap Kittipaisalsilp, Published on 14/11/2022
» The Nepalese conservationist Rabindra Puri, directing his own construction of a new Museum of Stolen Art in eastern Kathmandu speaks passionately about how he will feature replicas of stolen Nepalese antiquities, the originals having long ago been shipped overseas and since displayed in tourist attractions, art museums, or private residences, like hunting trophies.
'Serpent' a huge TV draw
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 16/05/2021
» The Netflix limited series The Serpent has revisited the crime spree of conman and killer Charles Sobhraj who was linked to the unsolved murders of Western tourists on the so-called Hippie Trail of Southeast Asia in the early 1970s.
Mandalay and other magical places
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 11/04/2021
» Thanks to many readers who came up with their own memories in response to last week's column about places that sounded quite magical as a kid. Mandalay and Kathmandu were definitely the front-runners at grabbing children's imaginations in the old days.
The magical world of far away places
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 04/04/2021
» Earlier this week I was chatting with friends about which places around the globe captured their imagination most when they were kids. One was fascinated by Mandalay, while another said Pondicherry caught his eye. Zanzibar was another name that cropped up.