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Gen Pana visits peacekeepers
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/02/2025
» Royal Thai Army (RTA) commander-in-chief Gen Pana Klaewplodthuk recently visited the Thai Horizontal Military Engineering Company in South Sudan to oversee the unit's operations in supporting the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).
School meal programmes give food for thought
News, Gordon Brown & Kevin Watkins, Published on 23/01/2025
» When governments adopted the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, they pledged to eliminate hunger and poverty. But today, as the SDGs' 2030 deadline approaches, a gulf separates their initial ambition and the reality on the ground. The 2020s are shaping up to be a lost decade for development -- and the world's most vulnerable children are bearing the brunt of this slowdown.
Premier trumpets B300m durian order
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 29/04/2024
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin yesterday took to social media to announce the country had received a 300-million-baht (US$8.1 million) order for frozen durians following his visit to Chanthaburi.
Climate change is killing our summer
News, Niall Ferguson, Published on 31/07/2023
» Most of us have an idea of summer in our heads. It generally involves beaches. Americans head to their coasts -- avoiding only fog-shrouded San Francisco -- and Europeans to the Mediterranean or Aegean. We all strip down to near nakedness and sit around in the sun, occasionally frolicking in the ocean waves. We aim to return home tanned and toned. If you come from another planet and don't know what I am talking about, watch the Barbie trailer.
Saxena's last appeal thrown out
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 13/09/2022
» The Supreme Court upheld lower court rulings against financier Rakesh Saxena, sentencing him to 335 years in prison in three lawsuits in connection with the Bangkok Bank of Commerce (BBC) embezzlement scandal.
Tanee touts trade corridor to Laos, China after Wang Yi visit
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 10/07/2022
» Thailand and China will strengthen bilateral relations by building an economic corridor connecting Thailand to Laos and China, says the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).
'Good news': China okays Thai fruits
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/04/2022
» China has reopened all land border checkpoints to allow the import of Thai fruits, including durians, according to a Thai government official.
Fresh durian rail cargo on way to China
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/04/2022
» A large batch of durians worth 75 million baht is on its way by train to China via Laos, according to the State Railway of Thailand (SRT).
Discovery of contaminated fruit export prompts order for tests
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/04/2022
» CHANTHABURI: Operators of the fruit export sector are being told to implement strict Covid-19 protocols after a shipment to China was banned from entering the country for three days due to the discovery of traces of the coronavirus on the surface of durian packages.
PM satisfied as fruit reaches China
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 06/04/2022
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is satisfied with the successful rail delivery of durians and coconuts from Thailand to China.