Call to keep calm despite surge in cases
Published by The Bangkok Post Call to keep calm despite surge in cases New infections need to reach 30,000 a day before it’s ‘severe’ The Department of Disease Control (DDC) has called on the public not to panic after the…
Kingdom predicts 4% economic growth amid uncertainty posed by pandemic
Published by The Bangkok Post Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith is confident of the kingdom’s economic outlook, saying it will achieve 4% growth this year as forecast by several domestic and foreign agencies. Speaking during a recent special lecture to senior…
TCAS: Students still lost in maze of Thai university admission system
Frustration with the Thai University Central Admission System (TCAS) is growing four years after its launch, with students complaining it has failed to offer better or fairer access to higher education.For some, their experience with TCAS has been so b…
Myanmar’s U Chan Aye to attend ASEAN retreat
Myanmar will send U Chan Aye, Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs, to attend the upcoming ASEAN ministerial retreat in Phnom Penh, according to an informed source in Phnom Penh.The source said that the State Administrative Council has informed the …
Campaign needed to educate Thai drivers about stopping at red traffic lights
A campaign should be launched to educate drivers about the rights of pedestrians and not encroaching on zebra crossings or crossing red traffic lights, said Air Vice Marshal Ittaporn Kanacharoen, secretary-general of the Medical Council of Thailand, in…
Impact of Rayong oil spill on corals may take at least a year to emerge
Marine scientists at Chulalongkorn University say that it may take a year or more for impacts from the recent oil spill in the sea off Rayong province to manifest on corals in the area.Divers from a research team at the Marine Resources Research Instit…
China offers two decommissioned Song-class submarines to Royal Thai Navy
China has offered two used Song-class submarines to the Royal Thai Navy (RTN), but they need to be reconditioned before they can become operable, according to the RTN.A Chinese state enterprise in charge of managing decommissioned Chinese submarines re…