The daughter of the late-Khattiya Sawasdipol, a radical red-shirt supporter and army specialist has announced her intention of leading the political party founded by her father in the next election. In Amnat Charoen province, Khattiyaa Sawasdipol, who is the daughter of late-Major General Khattiya Sawasdipo or Seh Daeng , a radical red-shirt supporter and army […]
CHIANG RAI, Thailand—From their base, the Thai soldiers can see two Burmese army outposts and another two United Wa State Army (UWSA) camps. Despite the proximity to the two rival armies, the pace of life at the jungle base is slow; this unit has not engaged in fighting for decades. However, the Thai soldiers say […]
Ubon Ratchathani and Nakhon Sawan are picked as the principal locations of five nuclear power plants, with combined capacity of 5,000 megawatts, said a source from the Energy Ministry. He cited huge local resistance in Nakhon Si Thammarat and Surat Thani, which made it impossible to locate the power plants in the two Southern provinces. […]
BANGKOK, 19 September 2010 (NNT) – The Thai Meteorological Department indicates high chances of heavy rainfalls in the northern, northeastern and central regions of Thailand during the next days ahead. According to the latest forecast issued by the Meteorological Department, a low-pressure trough was moving through the lower north, lower northeastern, central and eastern. As […]
LAMPANG : A young female elephant has severely injured its foot when it stepped on a landmine while following its mother into a forest in Tak near the Burmese border. Ten-year-old Phang Boonmee ruptured its foot in the explosion on Saturday. The calf is being treated at the elephant hospital run by the Friends of […]
CHIANG RAI, 27 August 2010 (NNT) – The flood situation in the northern province of Chiang Rai remains unimproved on account of continuous rainfall in the area. The flood situation in Phaya Mengrai district of the province reportedly remains a cause for concern because the area is still under the influence of heavy rainfall. Over […]
(NECN/CNN) – The Wang Chin district in the Phrae province of Thailand has been declared a disaster zone. Large farms and plantations have been flooded, and many residential areas and state agencies are also under water. Read more: NECN NECN
BANGKOK, Aug 18, 2010 (AFP) – At least four people died after a government helicopter carrying senior civil servants crashed in a remote part of northern Thailand in bad weather, officials said Wednesday. The helicopter, with five people on board including the permanent secretary for natural resources and environment, Saksit Tridech, vanished from radar screens […]
