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Spaniard's death hits elephant camps
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/01/2025
» Elephant camps are one of the most popular destinations among tourists and have played a significant role in the country's tourism industry.
Sri Lankan mahout honoured by royals
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/07/2023
» Their Majesties the King and Queen presented a gift to a Sri Lankan mahout who took care of the ailing Thai elephant Sak Surin, now in 30-day quarantine in Lampang province, after being flown from Sri Lanka on July 2.
It seemed a good idea at the time
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 27/11/2022
» The annual elephant festival in Surin attracted more than the usual attention last week after featuring an attempt to enter the hallowed Guinness Book of Records. Alas, the only record achieved was that hundreds of student "volunteers" roasted in the sun, exposed for hours to high temperatures reaching 39C.
Covid crisis leaves Surin's elephants, mahouts jobless
News, Nopparat Kingkaew, Published on 15/07/2021
» Surin: The unrelenting Covid-19 crisis has not only put the province's people out of work, but also its iconic animals.
Thug meets nasty end, plucky helper, free lift to school
News, Mae Moo, Published on 27/06/2021
» Unwanted house call
Man killed 'while feeding an elephant'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/04/2021
» An elephant trampled a man to death on Thursday, while he was apparently trying to feed it by the side of a road in Nakhon Ratchasima.
The elephant in the room
News, Leah Carter, Published on 20/10/2019
» Elephants are a national symbol, source of pride and one of the biggest draws for tourists to Thailand.
Poster faces prepare for the Big Day
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 10/03/2019
» In recent weeks PostScript has studiously avoided reference to the upcoming Great Event on March 24, concentrating instead on more pressing issues like the delights of eating insects, men wearing earrings, and tattoos in unusual places.
Korean dust-buster
News, Postbag, Published on 19/01/2019
» There have been numerous rather far-fetched solutions proposed to dealing with Bangkok's air pollution crisis. A simple and effective solution is readily available. An after-market particulate removal device is manufactured in Korea which electrostaticly causes the particulates present in diesel exhaust streams to fall out of suspension in the exhaust air. These highly effective and simple to install devices are available in two sizes, one for trucks and buses and one for passenger vehicles; both are affordably priced.
The paradoxes of Thai education
News, Rattana Lao, Published on 16/01/2019
» Professor Gerald W Fry of the University of Minnesota is an expert academic on the complexity of Thai education for the past seven decades. He is the editor of a new 744-page book, Education in Thailand: An Old Elephant in Search of a New Mahout, that is the equivalent of an encyclopedia of Thai education.