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Minister denies Thailand ‘importing’ plastic waste
Industry Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit on Monday (August 3) dismissed rumours that the Department of Industrial Works had agreed to import 650,000 tonnes of plastic scrap.The minister said the rumour was untrue because since 2018, the department had not issued a licence for the import of ...
The Nation Reporter
Thailand's domestic travel: A way out for our economy [Video]
We have a special report for you today in which we examine the “We Travel Together” program. This initiative provides discounts and stipends to people interested in domestic travel and is expected to revive the tourism scene in Thailand as well as jump start the ...
Majority agree with youth demonstrations: Poll
A majority of people agree with demonstrations staged by young people and led by students of the Free Youth group and Student Union of Thailand, saying that they have the right to free expression in a democracy, according to the result of an opinion survey ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
State schools barred from full reopening
State-run schools looking to resume normal hours were warned by the Office of Basic Education Commission (Obec) to wait for approval from the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) before going ahead.Amnart Wichayanuwat, secretary-general of Obec, said public schools are still obliged to follow the ...
Dumrongkiat Mala
The struggle for the soul of the Mekong River
In June of this year, the FAO’s annual State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture report ranked the Mekong Basin as the world’s most productive freshwater fishery, accounting for over 15% of global annual freshwater fish catch. Meanwhile, WWF Researchers estimate that the contribution actually accounts ...
MEA opens solar power buy-back scheme from customers
The Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) will let type-1 electrical users (residential customers) who have installed solar panels on their house roofs to sell electricity left over after personal use back to MEA to generate household income.The MEA announced on its Facebook on Thursday (July 30) ...
The Nation Reporter
Building Energy Efficiency To Employ ASEAN People
The world has been struggling with the COVID-19 outbreak which has already damaged the global economy, and ASEAN is not an exception. The magnitude of the economic impact is hard to predict and depends largely on the effectiveness of pandemic containment efforts. The International Monetary Fund ...
Thailand second quarter economy likely shrank by record 12%-13% year-on-year: central bank
Thailand’s economy may have shrank by 12%-13% in the second quarter from a year earlier due to the impacts of the coronavirous pandemic, the central bank said on Friday, in what could be a record contraction.However, the economy had improved in June from the previous ...
The unseen human cost of cheap power
On July 23, 2018, the villagers of Attapeu, a sleepy town in southern Laos, suffered their worst nightmare when the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydropower dam suddenly burst, unleashing massive torrents of water that swallowed local villages, killing 71. More than 7,000 were made homeless.The survivors lost ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Baht strengthens slightly
The baht opened at 31.41 to the US dollar this morning (July 30), strengthening from yesterday’s close of 31.44.The Thai currency is expected to move between 31.35 and 31.55, said Jitipol Puksamatanan, head of Markets Strategy at SCB Securities.Yesterday night (Thailand time), the US stock ...
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