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China's Mekong dams turn Thai fishing villages into 'ghost towns'
Reuters, Published on 21/03/2023
» CHIANG KHONG, Thailand: From February to April each year, Kam Thon spends most of her days knee-deep in the waters of the Mekong River by her village in northern Thailand, gathering river weed to sell and cook at home.
Politicians step up election campaigns
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 14/03/2023
» An anti-government group tried to confront Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha during his official tour in Ratchaburi on Monday, as pickets against political parties at their campaign trails could be expected to be more common.
Lawmakers get poor marks at term's end
News, Mongkol Bangprapa and Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 28/02/2023
» Today marks the last day of the four-year term of the House of Representatives, whose performance over the past few years has been slammed by critics as only somewhat acceptable, if not poor.
World 'on brink' of recession
News, Reuters, Published on 12/01/2023
» WASHINGTON: The World Bank slashed its 2023 growth forecasts on Tuesday to levels teetering on the brink of recession for many countries as the impact of central bank rate hikes intensifies, Russia's war in Ukraine continues, and the world's major economic engines sputter.
Space lab to assist farmers, fire prevention
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/12/2022
» The country's first community space technology laboratory has been set up in Chiang Mai province in close cooperation with GISTDA and its partners to train the local community on how to use satellite images to support activities such as farming and preventing forest fires.
Hungry wild elephants 'knock' on villagers’ doors
Online Reporters, Published on 17/12/2022
» Villagers in a Prachin Buri community awoke to the sounds of wild elephants knocking on their doors and rooting in their gardens early on Saturday, likely due to hunger.
Govt still 'unprepared' for floods
News, Pratch Rujivanarom, Published on 14/11/2022
» The government's management of the recent floods shows it is unprepared to cope with the looming threats from the climate crisis, experts say.
Sand mine project stirs up local dissent
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 19/10/2022
» A group of local villagers from the Kham Tanod community in Prachin Buri province on Tuesday filed a petition with the Department of Primary Industries and Mines in Bangkok against a mining concession held by a private company.
Prawit: No severe flooding this year
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 01/09/2022
» Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon has given his personal assurance there will be no recurrence of the disastrous 2011 floods this year.
Paetongtarn says father Thaksin wants reconciliation
Online Reporters, Published on 07/08/2022
» Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has sent a message to Thailand through his daughter, who is campaigning for a Pheu Thai Party comeback to the government.