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Rescuers push forward despite odds
News, Apinya Wipatayotin and Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 07/04/2025
» Susan Redmond looked exhausted after spending hours searching for survivors at the site of the State Audit Office (SAO) building collapse in Chatuchak district on Sunday.
Chinese, Brits rekindle desire to visit
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 19/01/2024
» The prime minister has praised various agencies for contributing to Thailand's success in becoming the most popular Airbnb destination among Chinese tourists during this winter and the sixth-best destination to visit in 2024 by British daily The Telegraph.
Dept opens country's first sniffer dog training facility
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/08/2023
» SAMUT PRAKAN: The Customs Department on Thursday officially launched the Thai Customs Canine Training Centre (TCCTC) -- Thailand's first sniffer dog training facility -- in Bang Phli district.
Dept turns to dogs in narcotics battle
News, Post Reporters, Published on 09/05/2023
» The Customs Department has adopted the use of sniffer dogs to detect narcotic drugs hidden in imported and exported goods, saying its practices are now fully upgraded to meet international standards.
Patients with cancer turn to pet therapy
News, APICHIN CHITVIRIYAKUL, Published on 04/02/2023
» After going through surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy, cancer patients not only suffer from the symptoms of cancer but the side effects of the treatments; the physical pain expands into the mental sphere, causing anxiety, stress, discouragement and desperation, said Dr Wirawut Imsamran, deputy director-general of the Department of Medical Services.
Vikings and Skraelings come full circle
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 27/10/2021
» It was already known that the first and only Norse settlement in North America was at L'Anse aux Meadows, at the northern tip of Newfoundland. The specialists even assumed that it happened in the early 11th century, because the Viking sagas more or less said so. But the traditional carbon-14 dates were all over the place.
It comes down to a matter of opinion
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 24/10/2021
» There was a thought-provoking letter to the Bangkok Post last week from "Ye Olde Bloviator" suggesting there should be a contest for the best letters of the year to PostBag, with assorted categories including "most boring" and so on. Not a bad idea really. If Edith Clampton (Mrs) was still contributing I'm convinced she would sweep every category.
Team trains dogs to sniff for virus
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/03/2021
» A research team from Chulalongkorn University is gearing up to deploy dogs trained to sniff out Covid-19 at airports and tourism hotspots, after they managed to train six Labrador Retrievers to detect the virus with 95% accuracy.
Never underestimate the dog lovers' vote
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 15/11/2020
» It was Harry Truman who famously advised would-be presidents: "If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog." President Donald Trump did not heed that advice, becoming the first US president in well over a century not to have a pet of some sort in the White House.
Wrong turn in the Valley of Windmills
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 12/01/2020
» At my age, any new sensation tends to either be an ache or a pain, however, on New Year's Day I was up at 6am, which was definitely a ground-breaking feeling. I hasten to add this wasn't because I hadn't made it to bed after a night's revelry. Admittedly in the distant past there might have been several occasions in Bangkok when I've witnessed dawn on Jan 1 before hitting the sack, but we won't go into that.