Blackened beach in Rayong off limits to public
Published by The Bangkok Post Blackened beach in Rayong off limits to public Clean-up crews working feverishly to limit oil spill damage at Mae Ramphueng Mae Ramphueng beach in Rayong is now off limits to the public as a major…
One injured in multiple bomb attacks in Thailand’s deep south
Published by Reuters UK BANGKOK (Reuters) – At least one person was injured in multiple bomb attacks in Thailand’s southern province of Yala, police said on Saturday. At least 13 small explosions struck the town of Yala late on Friday,…
Lab-grown seafood on TU menu
Published by The Bangkok Post Lab-grown seafood on TU menu Thailand-based global tuna giant wants to take next step beyond plant-based proteins In the race for alternative proteins, lab-grown seafood could be next on the dinner table. One of the…
Oil spill ship off Chumphon to be retrieved within a fortnight
Published by The Bangkok Post The Marine Department has been ordered to retrieve within 15 days the vessel Por Andaman 2 that sank in the Gulf of Thailand off Chumphon province. The department’s deputy director-general, Phuriphat Thirakunphisut, on Friday said…
Test & Go’s return gets early test
Published by The Bangkok Post Test & Go’s return gets early test Mass arrivals for Chinese New Year With more than 465,000 tourists expected at Suvarnabhumi airport between Jan 26 and Feb 7, during the Chinese New Year festivities, the…
New chapter in Thailand-Saudi ties: A happy ending to a bitter saga?
Unresolved cases relating to the murders of Saudi Arabian diplomats, a businessman who went missing, and the theft of a precious blue diamond from a Saudi palace – there was a lot that derailed Thailand-Saudi Arabia diplomatic relations. After over thr…
Thailand’s Chatree gold-mine battle is coming to an end – but who won?
Judgement Day is nigh for Thailand as the Singapore-based arbitral tribunal prepares to issue its January 31 verdict on the government’s battle with an international mining company.The stakes are high as Australia-based Kingsgate Consolidated Limited i…
Thammanat and 17 former Palang Pracharat MPs join Thai Economic party
The former secretary-general of the ruling Palang Pracharat party, Thammanat Prompao, and 17 other of the party’s former MPs have applied to join the Setthakit Thai (Thai Economic) party.In a letter sent to the Office of the Secretary-General of the Ho…
Myanmar’s military plans for long-term political control
A year ago, the commander-in-chief of Myanmar’s military staged a coup d’etat, destroying hopes for democratic reform and pitching the country into chaos. Today, the military is clinging to power through sheer brutality but it is also trying to lay the…