YALA, May 16 — Two Buddhist monks died today and two Thai army soldiers in their security escort were wounded during their alms-rounds in Yala. Police said the explosion seriously damaged the pickup truck which carried two monks, one the acting abbot of Suan Kaew (Poolae) temple, who were travelling on their customary morning circuit. […]
PATTANI, May 7 — Two separate bomb attacks in the southern provinces of Pattani and Yala have killed six security officials and wounded 16 others. The first explosion occurred near a local football pitch in Kapho district, Pattani while 17 policemen were arriving to play a football match with villagers. The bomb killed three policemen […]
Jakarta – A small bomb went off Friday while being disposed of by police near the Indonesian capital, but no one was injured, police said. The blast came two days after a book bomb posted to liberal Muslim activist Ulil Abshar Abdalla, exploded in Jakarta as officers were trying to defuse it, injuring four people. […]
BANGKOK, 18 March 2011 (NNT) – The Ministry of Energy will keep on studying feasibility of constructing nuclear power plants in Thailand despite the alarming concern for safety measures in the wake of plant explosions and radioactivity leakage in Japan. Energy Minister Medical Doctor Wannarat Channukul stated that Thailand has not yet scrapped the feasibility […]
Airport screening turns up no positive tests Thai Health authorities have started screening tests for possible radiation contamination among passengers arriving from Japan as the nuclear crisis escalates in the tsunami-hit country. Authorities have told Thais travelling to the area to take iodine tablets to protect against radiation exposure. About 550 Thai passengers including cabin […]
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) yesterday warned people against travelling to Japan in the wake of nuclear-plant explosions. “Exposure to radiation over a long time or in large amounts can cause cancer,” NCI director Dr Thiravud Khuhaprema said. Meanwhile Dr Piboon Issaraphan, a senior official at the Public Health Ministry’s Bureau of Occupational and Environmental […]
An explosion was reported at 0610 local time Tuesday morning at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant’s second reactor. The blast is feared to have breached the pressure chamber. The explosion is thought to have been in the reactor’s “pressure suppression room” — part of the cooling system. It damaged the area that contains water […]
A second explosion at Japan’s earthquake-hit nuclear power plant has led to fears of a possible nuclear meltdown. The Fukushima plant has been hit by two explosions at buildings housing two reactors since a massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit on Friday, and the cooling system at a third reactor stopped working on Monday. Operator TEPCO said […]
