Aung San Suu Kyi is reported to be travelling to Thailand tonight so she can visit a refugee camp for people from Myanmar in Tak province tomorrow. She will then attend and deliver a speech at the World Economic Forum (WEF), being held in Bangkok on Thursday and Friday. Read more: The Nation
TAK, May 2 – Thai nationals are advised against crossing the Myanmar border at Tak’s Phop Phra district as their safety is uncertain after the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) threatened to retaliate unless the Thai authorities removes its leader’s name from Thailand’s list of drug traffickers, the Tak governor said on Wednesday. Governor Suriya […]
BANGKOK, March 14 – The seasonal haze enveloping Thailand’s northern provinces is gradually improving — except for Lampang and Nan — as the current particulate dust level is within acceptable safety standards, according to the Pollution Control Department. The pollution specialist agency reported that air quality inspection on Wednesday showed that less than 10 micron […]
BANGKOK, 4 March 2012 (NNT) – The smoke haze covering many parts of the North of Thailand including Ampur Mae Sot of Tak province has forced low-cost airline Nok Air to adjust its local flight schedule as a result of poor visibility. Tak governor Suriya Prasartbandit has disclosed that the smoke from bushfires and wildfires […]
CHIANG MAI, 28 February 2012 (NNT) – The smoke haze situation in Northern Thailand is critical. The Noprthern Royal Rainmaking Center has begun its operations in the upper north in order to reduce the haze problem. Chiang Mai Governor M.L. Panadda Diskul has applied zoning measures in 25 districts, assigning local authorities to control the […]
TAK, Feb 24 – A senior Thai official on Friday reaffirmed that the fire at a border camp for displaced Myanmar nationals in this province was caused by cooking, not by an arson as reported in some foreign media coverage. Tak provincial deputy governor Wut Sitthisurat remarked while inspecting the Umpiem refugee camp today after […]
A huge fire has destroyed as many as 1,000 houses at Umpiem Refugee Camp, 87km south of the Tak town of Mae Sot. A teacher at the camp explained to Karen News that the fire has destroyed large sections of the camp. “Section 9,8,7 and 6 are all gone, completely burnt. It’s dry and windy […]
BANGKOK, Feb 8 — Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has rejected possible criticism that the new flooding in Ayutthaya’s Sena district was caused by water mismanagement, but ordered the province’s governor to extend assistance to residents who are affected by the overflowing Chao Phraya River. Ms Yingluck said that the incident was caused by the normal […]
