Sixty-one illegally harvested rosewood logs, or payoong, worth more than 11 million baht were seized by police and forestry officials in Si Sa Ket on Wednesday. Si Sa Ket police chief Pongwutti Pongsri said the logs and four weighing scales were found in a row house in Si Sa Ket’s Muang district. Read more: Bangkok […]
CHON BURI, 21 January 2012 (NNT) – Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi has opened a new garden to celebrate the auspicious year of the dragon. Dubbed the Twin Dragon Park, the zoo’s new highlight, which is decorated with a pair of 84-meter long dragons made of fresh and artificial leaves such as those of […]
Part of Burma’s breadbasket in the country’s center is fast deteriorating and the area may face greater food insecurity without immediate action, local NGOs are warning. “If we [wait], it will be too late and too hard to rehabilitate,” said Aung Myint, general-secretary of the Renewable Energy Association Myanmar, which calls on residents in the […]
The body of a Japanese man was founding hanging from a tree on the road leading to the famous Pattaya Viewpoint on the Pratamnuk Mountain, early on Thursday Morning. Police were called to the location and inspected the body of Mr. Hisatoshi Isayama aged 61. Read more: Pattaya One
SURAT THANI, 12 June 2011 (NNT) – Thailand’s popular tourist destination island, Koh Samui, is promoting coconut trees growing on the island with an aim of boosting local tourism and making coconut trees one of the Thai economy drives. Samui District Chief Mr. Prasert Jitmoong said the famous island was once renowned for its coconuts, […]
University of Hawaii researchers are projecting that the first batch of debris, including construction material, cars, trees, roof tops and household items, could hit Hawaii in about two years U.S. researches say a huge amount of debris from remnants of Japan’s coastal towns swept away in last month’s tsunami is moving across the Pacific Ocean […]
