The Nation

Bangkok’s air is full of toxic heavy metals, researchers have discovered, and it is contributing to year-round hazardous threats to public health. Now is the time for Thai authorities to set out the standards for controlling the emissions of every hazardous heavy metal found in ...

Thailand clearly has faith in its traditional water-management system to cope with extreme weather brought on by climate change.  However, environmentalists warn that instead of relieving the negative effects of climate change, dams and large-irrigation projects only cause further damage, as dams only intensify the ...

The World Bank is continuing its call for Thailand to merge its small schools in order to improve education.“Our research has found clear evidence that teacher shortage is a key factor behind the educational-quality problems,” Dilaka Lathapipat, a human-development economist at the World Bank, told ...

As public agitation over the hazardous air in Bangkok continues to grow, a fresh look at how to deal with PM2.5 particulates is underway, with consecutive meetings being held by the national pollution-control committee and environmental board.Authorities are discussing additional mitigation measures with PM2.5 levels ...

Thai immigration says it is willing to show leniency to foreigners on the subject of proving their income when applying for retirement and marriage visas and visa extensions.Immigration chief Police Lieutenant General Surachate Hakparn acknowledged that some applicants may have difficulty in providing 12 months ...

New findings from a three-month investigation have revealed that professional gangs were dispatched across Thailand’s borders to target the Kingdom’s wild tigers. Freeland, a Bangkok-based international non-governmental organisation working in Asia on environmental conservation and human rights, on Tuesday congratulated Thai authorities for making this ...

The government expects to provide digital one-stop services 4.0 from 300 government agencies within the next five years.Sak Segkhoonthod, president of the Digital Government Development Agency (DGA), said government agencies nationwide are transforming themselves for digital governance. This is under the Digital Government Framework 2019-24, ...

Thai and municipal authorities mounted a successful campaign years ago to control air pollution involving PM10 – particulate matter 10 microns in diameter or more. The problem since then – one that’s steadily worsening and more difficult to curb – is PM2.5.It was PM2.5 dust ...

While Asean has shown its willingness and readiness to help solve the Rohingya crisis and ensure the safe return of thousands of refugees, the situation in Rakhine state is not safe enough for stakeholders to get to work, Foreign Minister Don Pramuwinai said on Friday. ...

Asean foreign ministers will seek to find a common Indo-Pacific strategy during their informal meeting in Chiang Mai today (Jan, 18) to deal with the changing geopolitical situation.Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi and her Thai counterpart Don Pramudwinai, who had met before the New Year, ...