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Thailand Expresses Commitment to Combatting IUU Fishing at the FAO’s Committee on Fisheries Meeting

During 9 – 13 July 2018, Mr. Adisorn Promthep, Director-General of the Department of Fisheries, led a Thai delegation to the 33rd session of the Committee of Fisheries, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in Rome, Italy. The meeting was attended by ...

Social campaign angles to hike village visits

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has launched a domestic tourism campaign called Aor Sor Social, marshalling an online group of volunteers to help promote village tourism. There are 14 communities taking part in the project, and the agency hopes the campaign will help increase ...

Suchat Sritama

Trafficking fight yet to take off

Less than twenty years ago, human trafficking was defined by an international treaty, known as the Palermo Protocol, whereby the international community committed to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons. Since then, global attention has been focused on fighting — and eradicating — the ...

Tomoko Nishimoto

EGAT: Ubol Ratana Dam’s structure still sound

According to the Director of Ubon Ratana Dam, the reservoir’s structure remains intact, dismissing the public’s concerns over the possibility that it could collapse in a similar manner to Xepian-Xe Namnoy dam in Laos. Dam Director Worawit Raweenipapong made the comment, following the recent collapse ...

Nuppol Suvansombut

51st ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and Related Meetings on 1 – 4 August 2018 in Singapore

H.E. Mr. Don Pramudwinai, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand, will attend the 51st ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and Related Meetings on 1 – 4 August 2018 in Singapore comprising of 19 meetings in total, 15 of which are ASEAN and ASEAN-Related ...

Southeast Asian nations grapple with worsening plastic trash crisis

Governments throughout Southeast Asia have launched a war on plastic waste. But most are still in the early stages of creating waste management strategies and passing laws needed to implement them.According to the Ocean Conservancy, a nonprofit environmental advocacy group based in Washington, D.C., more ...

Dan Southerland

BoT: E-payment climb hastening

Thailand’s average digital payment transactions are expected to triple to 150 transactions per person per year sooner than previously forecast, thanks to a series of launched of digital banking services.Keep reading ...

Somruedi Banchongduang

Election campaigns to be allowed after promulgation of election laws

The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) will revoke its ban on political activities after the enforcement of the last two organic election bills. Deputy Premier and Defense Minister, Gen Prawit Wongsuwan says the NCPO’s ban on political movements will be lifted once the ...

Thammarat Thadaphrom

Fishermen threaten strike

The commercial fishing sector has renewed its call for the government to bypass the lengthy hiring process for migrant workers or face a strike. Led by , head of the provincial fishing association, said on Saturday (July 28)  fishing operators have demanded that they should ...

Mekong flood alert for northeastern provinces

Northeastern provinces along the Mekong have been warned of possible flooding due to the rapidly rising water level of the river. The hydrology office in Nong Khai said on Sunday (July 29) that heavy rains in northern Thailand and Laos were pouring water into the ...

Bangkok Post Reporter

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