Farmer loses leg in landmine explosion
A farmer in Preah Vihear province was seriously injured on Saturday when he stepped on an old landmine as he attempted to cross the border into Thailand to go logging rosewood. Police said the incident happened at about 10am in Choam Khsan district. The victim was ...
China Focus: Seven years on, joint patrols on Mekong stabilize region
At 8 a.m. Tuesday, ships horns echoed through the river valley as the 76th joint patrol of the Mekong River by law enforcement from China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand set sail, marking its 7th anniversary. Wearing uniforms, helmets and life jackets, rows of police officers ...
Don't under-estimate PM2.5 risk, doctor says
Despite research establishing the risks associated with ultra-fine PM2.5 particulate matter, and the fact it is both odourless and invisible, many people fail to appreciate the damaging impact it has on their health, said Khate Sripratak, cardiologist and president of the Chest Disease Institute’s medical ...
Kornchanok Raksaseri
Thailand puts forward six proposals to boost ASEAN tourism
The Thai cabinet has approved six proposals by the Minister of Tourism and Sports to build up regional partnership in promoting tourism of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).According to Minister of Tourism and Sports Sudawan Wangsuphakijkosol, the proposals will be presented at the ...
Thailand’s Songkran to be celebrated for entire April in 2024 under govt’s soft power plan
A Thai government committee plans to hold Songkran Festival celebrations during the entire month of April 2024, instead of the traditional three days, in a bid to entrench Thailand’s standing among the top 10 global destinations for festivals.Songkran, the Thai traditional new year, falls on ...
Parliament set to debate budget bill
House Speaker Chuan Leekpai says parliament will convene on Aug 18-20 to deliberate the budget bill for the 2022 fiscal year, despite the Covid-19 pandemic.He and Senate Speaker Pornpetch Wichitcholchai agreed that parliament would postpone its meetings scheduled for this week and Aug 4-5 due ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
What’s at stake for the Mekong’s fishery
Originating in the Tibetan highlands and running through China, Myanmar, Thailand, Lao PDR, Cambodia, and Vietnam, the Mekong and its tributaries provide water, food and income for 60 million people. The longest river in Southeast Asia is home to the world’s largest inland fishery. It ...
Myanmar opts for domestic power generation despite neighbours’ offers
Plans are underway to generate electricity from local power plants even though some neighboring countries – China, Thailand, Laos and India – have offered to sell their electricity to Myanmar, Deputy Permanent Secretary U Myint Soe of the Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MOEE) told ...
Full Scholarship: Master of Arts Program in International Development Studies
Heinrich Böll Stiftung Myanmar in partnership with Master of Arts Program in International Development Studies at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. Qualified candidates living and working in Myanmar are eligible to apply for the scholarship. The current application deadline for the Master of Arts in International Development Studies ...
Heinrich Böll Stiftung (hbs) Myanmar
Climate push comes to Bangkok
Though Thailand has made impressive progress on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, it still faces many challenges and the large implementation gap on the global scale remains to be solved. These facts have surfaced as Bangkok prepares to host the United Nations Framework Convention on ...
Pratch Rujivanarom
Deep dive into Thailand's EV perks package
The government recently approved an array of incentives, including lower excise tax and import duties on significant auto parts, in a bid to make electric vehicles (EVs) more appealing to both car buyers and manufacturers.What are the incentives for EVs?The incentives recently approved by the ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Signs of economic slowdown alarming
The Thai government, businesses, and citizens are cherishing the news of returning Chinese tourists with the first group of 286 passengers who arrived on Monday. The Tourism Authority of Thailand estimates that 5 million Chinese tourists will visit our country this year, bringing with them ...
Pensions need drastic reform
Becoming an aged society is a big challenge for Thailand, especially when it comes to welfare provided by existing pension schemes.According to the United Nations, a country with over 10% of its population aged 60 and older is an ageing society. When this group increases ...
Editorial
ASEAN SMART Patrol, a hope for the region’s forests
As a park chief himself, Soeung Khemarak, the deputy director of the Oyadav National Park in Rattanakiri province, fully understands the problems faced by Cambodia’s Kulen Prum Tep Wildlife Sanctuary and adjacent parks near the border with Thailand where bombs, illegal logging and poaching are ...
Piyaporn Wongruang
Thailand ranked 'very low' in English proficiency index
Thailand has been ranked 8th, or “very low”, among Asean countries and 101st worldwide in the English Proficiency Index 2023 prepared by EF, a well-known English teaching institute with a worldwide network. Thailand lags not only Singapore, the Philippines and Malaysia but also VIetnam, Indonesia, Myanmar ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Financial help for people suffering effects of Covid vaccination
The National Health Security Office has so far paid out nearly one million baht in assistance to people suffering from side effects of Covid-19 vaccinations.NHSO secretary-general Jadej Thammatach-aree said on Tuesday that a total of 991,700 baht had been distributed to 150 people, and the ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Permit extensions mulled for workers
The Ministry of Labour will this month ask the cabinet to approve its proposal to extend work permits for migrant workers for another two years. There are about two million eligible migrant labourers from Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar.Keep reading ...
Penchan Charoensuthipan
Climate focus in royal decree
The Department of Environment Quality Promotion has officially been renamed the Department of Climate Change and Environment as per a royal command by His Majesty the King. Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa said the name change took effect yesterday, adding the new department will ...
Apinya Wipatayotin
With few green spaces, Bangkok plants Asia's biggest rooftop farm
Bangkok’s Thammasat University, one of the oldest in Thailand, has a new claim to fame: Asia’s largest urban rooftop farm.The 7,000 sq mt (75,000 sq ft) space mimics rice terraces in northern Thailand and can help curb some of the impacts of climate change, such ...
Rina Chandran
Thai central bank seen cutting key rate to help economy in recession
Thailand’s central bank is widely expected to cut its benchmark interest rate to a new low at its policy review on Wednesday to cushion the economy from the impact of the coronavirus outbreak.Sixteen of 18 economists in the poll predicted the Bank of Thailand’s (BOT) ...