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Striving for safer passage of goods
Spectrum, Om Jotikasthira, Published on 22/07/2018
» The European Union (EU) has commissioned Thailand to conduct training workshops for the transportation of dangerous goods in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), as part of a move to get the entire sub-region to adopt United Nations-based safety regulations for road-based logistics operations.
Strong cities needed
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 15/07/2018
» Bangkok has attracted millions of migrants seeking economic opportunity. They will be forced to handle the impacts of climate change in coming decades.
The last sanctuary
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 08/07/2018
» On a lush hill overlooking Da Nang Bay, central Vietnam, red-shanked doucs freely wander in one of their few remaining sanctuaries on Earth. At the Son Tra Nature Reserve, a mountainous peninsula known to American soldiers during the Vietnam War as "Monkey Mountain", sights like a douc couple hanging from a treetop can still be seen.
E-waste plant fight hits home
Spectrum, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 10/06/2018
» Until a month ago, Somsri Wichianchai, a villager of Ban Klong Song in Chachoengsao's Plaeng Yao district, had to keep the windows of her house sealed to escape the acrid smell caused by waste recycling factories nearby.
All that glisters is not gold
Spectrum, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/04/2018
» More than a year after the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) used Section 44 -- the special executive order in the interim charter -- to close Chatree gold mine in the Central Plains region at the beginning of January 2017, conflicts centred on pollution and disputes between the state and the gold mining company are far from over.
Checking up on universal coverage
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 18/02/2018
» Installing the right medical facilities to take care of a sick family member at home could cost nearly the entire fortune for a household of six people. In the centre of Bangkok's commercial Lumpini area, the shabby-looking house of the Jan-urai family stands amid the Bon Kai community, a slum adjacent to the high-end Polo Club where the wealthy Bangkok elite gather for sporting events.
Six of the best, and how they might move
Spectrum, Post Reporters, Published on 21/01/2018
» As the euphoria in the equity markets continues, some of the stocks that were traditionally considered to be fundamentally strong have failed to see their share price surge, while others whose fundamentals are questionable are witnessing a surge in their prices.
Breathing uneasy: smog spurs health problems in New Delhi
Spectrum, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 07/01/2018
» When air quality levels in New Delhi rose over 40 times above the World Health Organisation's (WHO) safe limit, Rai, former president of the Indian Tour Agents Association, suffered a major asthma attack.