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Thai aid reaches southern Laos for dam victims
Bangkok Post and agencies, Published on 26/07/2018
» Relief supplies from His Majesty the King and the government have arrived in southern Laos as more are on the way to help Laotians affected by a dam collapse.
Unesco lauds push to get kids into schools
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/07/2018
» The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) has praised Thailand for its success in bringing so-called out-of-school children and youth in the violence-plagued southern border provinces into the formal education system.
Litigating the lottery's future
Business, Jesus Alcocer and Srisamorn Phoosuphanusorn, Published on 26/07/2018
» Two weeks after the Central Administrative Court awarded Loxley GTECH Technology close to 1 billion baht in its dispute against the Government Lottery Office (GLO), the IT firm's proposed appeal to the Supreme Court reopens a two-decade old debate: should the state favour 200,000 low-income ticket sellers over the rights of 22 million lottery ticket buyers to access a state product at a reasonable price?
Populist policies hold farmers back
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 26/07/2018
» The launch of several populist projects by the Prayut Chan-o-cha government, especially those targeting poor farmers ahead of the election planned for early next year, are seen as a thinly disguised ploy to canvas support from prospective voters.
Dam fallout likely for Ratch
Business, Pathom Sangwongwanich and Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 26/07/2018
» Analysts are at odds about whether the collapse of a hydropower dam in southeastern Laos will take a toll on earnings at Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Plc (Ratch), as the company holds a 25% stake in the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy Hydroelectric Power Project.
Where old traditions live
Life, Story and photos: Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 26/07/2018
» Located on U-Thong Nok Road, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University may not be your idea of tourism destination in Bangkok. But the university houses a century-old royal mansion which has been renovated to be a museum as well as a restaurant where you can find royal delicacies created in the period of King Rama V.
Tastes of Kuala Lumpur
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 26/07/2018
» I love Thailand. The more I travel, the more I realise how lucky I am to have been born and raised in this country. But when it comes to durian, it's a different story.
Lake of liquid water discovered on Mars
AFP, Published on 26/07/2018
» TAMPA: A massive underground lake has been detected for the first time on Mars, raising the possibility that more water -- and maybe even life -- exists there, international astronomers said Wednesday.