BANGKOK, 12 April 2012 (NNT) – According to earthquake experts, a second massive quake is predicted to erupt in the Indian Ocean near Nicobar Islands and Ranong province of Thailand within days. Dr. Thanawat Charupongsakul, an expert at the disaster and geographic information study unit, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, held a joint press conference […]
BANGKOK, 14 March 2012 (NNT) – Chulalongkorn University is prepared to demolish Lido Theater in Bangkok and transform the area into a new shopping mall. According to the University’s Property Management Office, an area of around 7-8 rai surrounding Lido Theater will be transformed into a new shopping mall after leases granted to Lido and […]
A mother yesterday lodged a police complaint against her new husband for the brutal killing of her young boy. “My friend said he often stomped on my son, bit him, banged his head against the wall and pushed his head into a toilet. He did all this when I was not in the room with […]
Pathum Thani and Nonthaburi are heavily submerged after flood water rages through Prapa canal and continues to rise. After days of struggling with flood prevention supported by 4.5 metre flood barriers, Bang Kadee industrial estate in Pathum Thani has been submerged, with damage to all 47 factories estimated at Bt30 billion. Panic reigned at Rangsit […]
Researchers have completed a master plan to reverse coastal erosion and restore a stretch of beach running between North and South Pattaya to a width of 35 metres and a length of more than 2.7 kilometres. A 20 member team led by Prof Thanawat Jarupongsakul, a lecturer at the Unit for Disaster and Land Information […]
Thailand is not ready to cope with severe damage from extreme natural disasters, a seminar was told yesterday. Earthquake resistant construction and a preparedness plan to tackle severe flooding need to be put on the national agenda. The northern parts of Thailand are “locations of concern”, as moderate quakes measuring 5.6 in magnitude still strike […]
BANGKOK, Feb 11 — The People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD), also known as the Yellow Shirt movement, marched from its rally site at Makkhawan Bridge on Rajdamnern Nok Avenue to the capital’s Royal Plaza to make an oath of allegiance to the monarchy and country at the King Chulalongkorn Equestrian Statue before returning to its […]
World-famous Pattaya Beach is in danger of disappearing due to the erosion there, an academic warned yesterday. “If we don’t do something, Pattaya Beach will likely vanish within five years,” said Prof Thanawat Jarupongsakul, a lecturer at Chulalongkorn University. The latest survey found Pattaya’s shore was only four or five metres deep, compared to 35.6m […]
