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'Litter traps' a success blocking trash from the sea
Jatuporn Burutpat, chief of Thailand’s Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, said four such traps tested in canals in Samut Songkram were each catching 7.7 kilograms of garbage per day. Five more will be set at the mouth of the Rayong River and Samut Sakhon canals ...
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Group seeks the creation of conditions to facilitate safe repatriation of Rohingya
The leaders of Asean yesterday voiced concerns over the Rakhine crisis and called for the safe return of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar while seeking accountability for the violence and human rights violations perpetrated against the ethnic group.Keep reading ...
Supalak Ganjanakhundee
CAT tasked with expanding internet infrastructure
The Digital Economy and Society (DE) Ministry has disbursed Bt5 billion for the upgrade and development of Thailand’s internet infrastructure towards helping the country achieve its goal of becoming the digital hub of Asean. Keep reading ...
Jirapan Boonnoon
Asean embarks on collaborative effort to combat the menace of wildlife trafficking
The region needs a clear action plan to tackle wildlife trafficking, experts stressed this past weekend as the leaders of Asean nations meeting in Bangkok endorsed the “Chiang Mai Statement of Asean Ministers Responsible for CITES and Wildlife Enforcement”.Keep reading ...
Pratch Rujivanarom
REPORT: Plight of citizens PUSHED ASIDE by progress
Advocates of sustainable development call on Asean countries to look deeply into problems that mega-projects cause for people.Looking from the West to the East, the North to the South, large-scale development continues apace across Southeast Asia, leaving a toll on people_whether or not it is ...
Piyaporn Wongruang
No room for civil society groups at Asean Summit
Activists question regional grouping’s aspiration to be people-centred; interface likely in November.Asean civil groups and representatives of people’s organisations will once again be denied an interface meeting with leaders during the 34th summit in Bangkok this weekend, as they failed to convene a parallel meeting, ...
Yiamyut Sutthichaya
Universities agree to test 5G uses
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) on Thursday signed a collaboration deal with Chiang Mai University, Khon Kaen University and Prince of Songkla University to set up a 5G testing centre at the three campuses.Keep reading ...
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Water plan to tackle many problems
The cabinet has approved a 20-year master plan for water-management and water-disaster prevention. The 2018-2037 national plan was passed with the aim of providing wider access to clean drinking water, an expansion in irrigation infrastructure and areas under irrigation, and preventing floods and droughts in ...
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Panel to study use of marijuana on mental health patients
The Department of Mental Health’s new panel will come up with guidelines on the use of marijuana for medical purposes and a recommendation on its use in treating psychiatric patients, which will be proposed to the Public Health Ministry’s Narcotics Control Committee, a senior official ...
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Summit will designate 2019 as ‘Year of Asean Cultures’
Minister of Culture Veera Rojpojchanarat revealed on Wednesday that his ministry had drafted a Leaders’ Statement on Asean Cultural Year 2019 for adoption during the Asean summit in Bangkok this weekend.Keep reading ...
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