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Yokohama and Bangkok team up
News, Takeharu Yamanaka and Chadchart Sittipunt, Published on 13/12/2025
» In Yokohama, our identity is tied to our port, a gateway to the world and a source of prosperity. But this also means we are on the front line of climate change. We have learned that protecting our city requires innovation, from advanced storm-water management to cool pavements that combat urban heat. Our experience has taught us that technology is vital, but its true value is realised when it is shared.
NACC puts 18 provincial officials in its crosshairs
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 27/08/2025
» Nakhon Ratchasima: The Provincial Office of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has found grounds to allegations of corruption against 18 high-ranking officials, including tambon administrative organisation (TAO) chiefs, former mayors, and other senior figures.
Big blow for People's Party in local polls
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 13/05/2025
» Heavy losses experienced by the People's Party (PP) in Sunday's municipality elections have exposed a potential decline in its popularity, political analysts say.
EC offers poll reward to whistleblowers
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 07/05/2025
» The Election Commission (EC) is offering cash rewards of up to one million baht for information about fraud related to upcoming elections for municipality mayors and council members.
EC galvanises public ahead of May 11 poll
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 11/04/2025
» The Election Commission (EC) has kicked off a campaign encouraging voters to exercise their rights in the nationwide elections of municipality mayors and council members on May 11.
City's anti-rat crusade has never been this normal
News, Stephen Mihm, Published on 13/08/2024
» New York City's mayor, Eric Adams, has opened up a new front of his war on rats. Mr Adams, who already made headlines for appointing a "rat czar" last year, has escalated his campaign against the city's ubiquitous rodents. Last week, he announced the creation of the "Rat Pack", which he billed as an "elite squad of anti-rat activists" who will take the fight to the enemy.
Bangladesh's youth uprising has Arab Spring echoes
News, Niaz Asadullah, Published on 27/07/2024
» In recent weeks, the Bangladeshi government has cracked down violently on students demanding equitable access to coveted government jobs amid an unemployment crisis. To contain the protests, authorities have shut down all educational institutions, imposed a strict curfew, and cut off internet access. Thousands of police officers and paramilitaries have been patrolling the streets, and more than 170 people have died.
2,000-plus pistols seized in crackdown
News, Wassayos Ngamkham and Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 13/10/2023
» More than 2,000 pistols and 75,000 bullets have been seized by police during a three-day "Gun Clearance Operation" in the wake of the Siam Paragon shooting tragedy, according to national police chief Pol Gen Torsak Sukvimol.
Kosovo violence gives Nato, Europe another crisis
News, Peter Apps, Published on 03/06/2023
» When Nato troops first entered Kosovo in June 1999 after 78 days of bombing, no one thought its Kosovo Force (KFOR) peacekeepers would still be trying to separate ethnic Albanians and ethnic Serbs 24 years later.
Pay hikes 'not tied to polls'
News, Mongkol Bangprapa and Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 03/03/2023
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has come under fire as the government plans a pay raise for local leaders in what some see as a move to woo their support ahead of the upcoming general election.