The Thai embassy in Tokyo is focusing on helping 832 Thais who are unaccounted for in the worst-affected parts of tsunami-hit Japan. The ministry reported on Thursday that about 5,000 Thais were unaccounted for in Japan. However, the latest check found only 832 Thais living in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, which were the worst […]
BANGKOK, March 17 — A plan has been prepared to evacuate Thai citizens from Japan in the wake of last week’s devastating earthquake, massive tsunami and a series of explosions at the earthquake-hit Fukushima nuclear power complex in Japan, according to Thai Minister of Foreign Affairs Kasit Piromya. Mr Kasit said that the Thai embassy […]
For days now officials in Japan have been giving citizens potassium iodide tablets with hopes of preventing thyroid cancer from exposure to radiation from damaged nuclear power plants. Now, Thai authorities announced they will give citizens traveling to Japan, iodide tablets starting Thursday. Pills will be given free to travelers flying to Tokyo from airports […]
Tokyo residents emptied store shelves of daily necessities and stocked up on gasoline as the risk of nuclear radiation leaks from a facility north of the Japanese capital escalated. Seven & I Holdings Co., Japan’s biggest retailer, said its Ito-Yokado supermarkets are being emptied daily of necessities such as water, rice and batteries as soon […]
BANGKOK, March 14 – Thailand’s Public Health Ministry has prepared to dispatch a medical team early Tuesday to help earthquake and tsunami victims in Japan, Public Health Ministry Permanent Secretary Paijit Warachit said on Monday. The team includes Dr Pairote Kruekanchana, Dr Jirapong Supsaowapak, both emergency medicine specialists, and Panchasin Somboon, a nurse specialist. All […]
BANGKOK, 11 March 2011 (NNT)-The Thai embassy in Tokyo has been coordinating with Japanese authority in bringing Thai nationals living in Miyagi to safety after the 8.9 magnitude quake has rocked the province earlier today, prompting tsunami warnings in Japan as well as other countries in the Pacific Ocean. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokersperson Mr. […]
TOKYO, Feb. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — The Niwano Peace Foundation will award the 28th Niwano Peace Prize to Sulak Sivaraksa of Thailand in recognition of his contribution to a new understanding of peace, democracy and development and to environmental preservation based on the core principles of his Buddhist faith. An award presentation ceremony will take […]
Former US President Bill Clinton on Friday called on countries to change the ways of producing and consuming energy, insisting that the reform crucial to the campaign against global warming can go hand in hand with sustainable economic growth. Speaking to a distinguished audience at the Government House in Bangkok on “Embracing Our Common Humanity”,Clinton […]
