Aranyaprathet border officers found Cambodian rat meat imported to Rongklear. A Cambodian worker confessed that 3-4 tons of rat meat is imported to Thailand every day. The meat has not bee checked by any government agencies. Villagers are scared of Leptospirosis infected rats. Sa Kaeo, January 17, 2012 [PDN]; Capt. Apinan Songkramchai and Pol.Lt.Col Benjapol […]
CHACHOENGSAO, Jan 12 – Thailand’s eastern double-track railroad linking this province with Chonburi’s Laem Chabang opened Thursday, and expanding the country’s road and rail logistics system with a connection to the deepwater Laem Chabang Port. Deputy Transport Minister Pol Lt-Gen Chat Kuldilok presided over the railway’s opening ceremony. Read more: MCOT
Her Majesty the Queen has expressed concern for elephants living inside the Kaeng Krachan National Park after hearing news of an elephant killed for its various body parts. After an elephant carcass with mutiple body parts missing was discovered in Kaeng Krachan National Park, Her Majesty the Queen expressed concern over the incident and asked […]
Japanese automaker Honda Automobile has announced it will destroy cars that were damaged by floodwater in Thailand tomorrow with the media to be invited to witness the event. Senior Vice President of Honda Automobile Thailand Pitak Pruttisarikorn appealed to car buyers that there is no need to worry about the quality of the company’s new […]
BANGKOK, Dec 26 – Two Lampang men died of exposure due to the cold wave covering the northern province of Lampang, the Ministry of Public Health’s Bureau of Epidemiology reported Monday. Director Passakorn Akrasewi said that the two cold-related deaths were identified as a man, aged 52, with emphysema and a man, aged 53, who […]
BANGKOK, Dec 22 – Lopburi solar power plant, one of the world’s largest solar photovoltaic (PV) projects, on Thursday started commercial operation with capacity of 73 megawatts in the central province of Lopburi, about 150km north of Bangkok. It will help the country reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by over 1.3 million tonnes throughout the […]
BANGKOK, Dec 21 – The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) affirms its commitment to cooperate closely with the Thai government in restoring the Ayutthaya World Heritage site after the disastrous 2011 floods. UNESCO is mobilising world-class expertise and facilitating international collaboration to support the Ministry of Culture’s Fine Arts Department in the […]
A Lampang schoolgirl yesterday was chased by two men on a motorcycle who were after her gold necklace, but she managed to knock one of them out with her helmet while the other one stabbed her repeatedly before fleeing. Phawinee Inthiya, 17, a twelfth grader at the prestigious Lampang Kalyanee School, was under intensive hospital […]
