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Sad litany of flood missteps
News, Published on 30/11/2025
» Entrenched patronage networks, political meddling in appointments, and a lack of professional disaster-management leadership created a cascade of preventable failures in the catastrophic flooding that tore apart Songkhla's Hat Yai district, a major economic engine of the South, according to academics.
Ministry moves to cut PM2.5 pollution
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/11/2025
» The Transport Ministry has launched a PM2.5 reduction drive, pushing for the "Green List" registration of buses and trucks to support Bangkok's Low Emission Zone (LEZ).
BangkokPost.com launches new AI service
News, Online Reporters, Published on 18/11/2025
» The Bangkok Post and Taboola have launched DeeperDive, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) engine to help provide readers with intuitive insights and news context based on the paper's 79-year history.
Opium seen as promising medicinal crop
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 13/11/2025
» Opium cultivation could become a viable option to enhance Thailand's proficiency in plant-based medicine while also assisting local farmers, says Deputy Public Health Minister Worachot Sukhonkhachon.
Senior officials arrested in bribe sting in Prachin Buri
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 12/11/2025
» Police have arrested two senior officials from Tambon Hua Wa Administrative Organisation in Prachin Buri for allegedly extorting money from a contractor in exchange for a construction permit and project approval.
Bangkok hosts PM2.5 awareness event as smog returns to city
News, Online Reporters, Published on 10/11/2025
» The Ministry of Public Health and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) jointly launched a campaign entitled “Knowing PM2.5 for Sustainable Protection" on Monday to educate the public on how to protect themselves as smog season returns.
The effects of unfinished momentum
News, Peerasit Kamnuansilpa, Published on 08/11/2025
» Why do some nations surge confidently into the future while others advance only in half-steps, not declining but not accelerating either? In their influential book Why Nations Fail (first published in 2012), Daron Acemoglu -- now a Nobel Prize economist -- and James Robinson, both economists and political scientists at the University of Chicago, offer a helpful lens for understanding Thailand's development path without casting blame or provoking division.
Japan enters the EV race
News, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 06/11/2025
» Japan's major automakers have unveiled a new generation of electric vehicles (EVs) at the rebranded Japan Mobility Show, marking a significant moment in the country's drive to reclaim its leadership in global mobility technology.
Illegal job seekers from Myanmar caught in Kanchanaburi
News, Online Reporters, Published on 04/11/2025
» KANCHANABURI – Twenty-five illegal job seekers from Myanmar were found in a pickup truck parked at a deserted petrol station in Sai Yok district on Tuesday.
PM talks tough on cyber crime
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/11/2025
» Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul stressed the need to combat cross-border cybercrime in his remarks during the Apec summit, highlighting plans for regional cooperation and digital security.