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Campaign for clean public toilets for tourists
Chinnawat Singha, Published on 04/02/2018
» After banning smoking on selected beaches, the country's next goal is to clean up dirty public toilets - another step to boost Thailand's heavily tourism-dependent economy.
Eight southern provinces warned of heavy rain
Online Reporters, Published on 04/02/2018
» People in eight southern provinces are advised to brace for heavy rain and high waves in the Gulf of Thailand from today to Feb 8 as the northeast monsoon hovers over the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea, Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department director-general Chayapol Thitisak said on Sunday.
Statue honours great boxer Saensak in Petchabun
Sunthorn Kongwarakom, Published on 04/02/2018
» PHETCHABUN: The home province of boxer Saensak Muangsurin has unveiled a statue to pay homage to the late great champion.
Sanctuaries answer the call of the wild
Spectrum, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 04/02/2018
» The golden-tinged sunlight was dimming. A group of 50 hog deer sauntered around a wide field, pausing to eat shoots of grass. Forest officials had recently burned the field, making way for new grass which will provide a source of food for the population of over 200 hog deer living in Phu Khiao-Thung Ka Mang Wildlife Sanctuary in Chaiyaphum province.
Cashing in on the flood crisis
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 04/02/2018
» After flooding hit his village last year, Abisit Sitthiwong, a 42-year-old farmer in Na Khu district of Kalasin, struggled to restore the farmland he had so faithfully cultivated. The owner of 10 rai of rice fields and 5 rai of fruit plantation, his produce was his main source of income.
Fire hits rubber glove factory in Trang
Methee Muangkaew, Published on 04/02/2018
» TRANG: A fire broke out at a rubber glove factory of Thai Kong Company in Kantang district early on Sunday, causing considerable damage, but there were no reports of deaths or injuries, according to a local news report.
Yingluck's son can stay in house
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 04/02/2018
» Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam has insisted the son of former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who is facing asset seizure over her administration's failed rice scheme, can stay in his mother's house in Bangkok until it is put up for auction.
Decline and fall
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 04/02/2018
» It now becomes pretty predictable, until the moment of push comes to shove-them-out. The form of the actual end game remains unknown but the beginning has ended, and the end has begun.
The strange dude in the Afghan coat
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 04/02/2018
» The other day on television, someone mentioned Afghan coats and it reminded me of the time I was the proud possessor of such a coat, even though it wasn't mine. Although I travelled overland through Asia in 1969 when Afghan coats were becoming quite fashionable, I didn't buy one on the journey primarily because I couldn't afford it. As we were headed East towards warmer climes, such a heavy coat also didn't seem practical.
Surakiart's key role
News, Postbag, Published on 04/02/2018
» Former foreign minister Surakiart Sathirathai says one of the objectives of the government-appointed advisory board he heads in Myanmar is to narrow the "big gap of international interpretation and domestic interpretation of what happened in Rakhine state".