NAN, June 27 – The Thai Cabinet on Tuesday will discuss help for flood victims, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Monday while on the campaign trail, as flooding in the North, especially Nan, is reported as critical with one fatality. An 80-year-old man drowned after fainting when his house in the provincial seat was flooded […]
NAN, 26 June 2011 (NNT) – Residents of Nan province fear the tropical depression Haima will increase the water level in Nan River so quickly that flashfloods are inevitable. However, local authorities are continuously keeping the local residents informed on the situation and will warm them if they are at risks. As Haima is moving […]
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 […]
Heavy June rainfall has forced China to evacuate more than 550,000 people from their homes. Massive floods have devastated the central and southern parts of the country, causing rivers to overflow their banks and triggering mudslides. The rains follow the worst drought in China in over 50 years, which has decimated crop yields. Overall, 40 […]
Thailand will hold a long-awaited federal election on July 3, pitting the governing Democrat Party against the opposition Puea Thai party, as well as a group of smaller parties. For some Thai politicians, this poll will be the culmination of a process of national reconciliation that began in the wake of bloody riots in Bangkok […]
KANCHANABURI, June 14 – Clashes between the Myanmar army and Karen troops erupted Tuesday near Three Pagodas Pass border checkpoint linking Thailand’s Sangkhlaburi and Myanmar’s Payathonzu. A Myanmar civilian was wounded and sent to Sangkhlaburi hospital. Read more: MCOT
CHIANG MAI, June 13 – A gunman on Monday shot at the house of ex-Rak Chiang Mai ‘Love Chiang Mai 51’ security guard Niyom Lueangcharoen, 51, but the former Red Shirt faction member was unscathed. Also known as disc jockey Lae, Mr Niyom was unhurt as he spotted the attacker first and escaped when an […]
CHIANG RAI, June 11 — Police today arrested a Thai man in Mae Sai district bordering Myanmar and charged him of illegally possessing two million methamphetamine pills and 21 kilogrammes of heroin, the largest drug seizure ever made in the district, police said. Police told a press conference that 50-year-old Manop Chaichana who is a […]
