Artikel tagged “Asien”

  • Bangkok’s air-pollution alarming, rain-making being considered

    Bangkok’s air-pollution alarming, rain-making being considered

    PHOTO: An eerie start to Sunday in Bangkok – The Nation Bangkok’s air pollution has reached dangerous levels for multiple days in the past few weeks. Today, air pollution in the greater Bangkok area was again threatening residents’ health. The amount of PM2.5 – airborne dust particles 2.5 microns in diameter or less – exceeded the safe level of 50 micrograms per cubic metre of air along roads in 19 places

  • BOI approves new rail services, new port investment

    BOI approves new rail services, new port investment

    PHOTO: Duangjai Asawachintachit, BOI secretary general The Board of Investment of Thailand (BOI) has laid out strategies to boost the development of rail services and the country’s cruise tourism. Duangjai Asawachintachit, BOI secretary general, says the latest BOI meeting chaired by the Prime Minister had resolved to instigate measures to attract investment in rail development and related infrastructure for continued economic growth.

  • Eight days in southern Thailand

    Eight days in southern Thailand

    mtv.co.uk have visited Thailand recently and come up with their own short, cool, stays in the southern region. If you have a spare eight days, here is their guide for a quick southern beach holiday. Phuket: 2 nights How to get there It’s time to switch it up and head to the Southern region of Thailand.

  • Saudi refugee: Friday milestones and developments

    Saudi refugee: Friday milestones and developments

    Confusion reigned today over where the 18 year old Saudi woman, who fled from Kuwait to Thailand to escape her allegedly abusive family, would be resettled.

  • Thai Interior Affairs ministry confirms memo ‘halting election preparations’ is genuine

    Thai Interior Affairs ministry confirms memo ‘halting election preparations’ is genuine

    PHOTO: South China Morning Post A leaked memo on social media, addressed to election officials in every province, to halt election preparations has now been confirmed to be genuine by the interior affairs Minister. The internal memo called for “all preparations for election are hereby halted” in absence of the Royal Decree, which was expected around New Year’s Day, but was not enacted by the government

  • Doi Suthep network boycotts meeting, wants to move forward on rehabilitation of forest

    Doi Suthep network boycotts meeting, wants to move forward on rehabilitation of forest

    The Reclaim Doi Suthep Forest network boycotted a meeting yesterday. They say they are pressing the government to push its stance on the rehabilitation of the mountainside forest land that was encroached on by residences for judges and court officials last year. “We won’t attend any meeting until there is a clearer policy.” Network spokespersons Chatchawan Thongdeelert, Bunnaroth Buaklee and Kamseeda Paenthai read the statement in front of Chiang Mai Provincial Hall yesterday.

  • Jobless rate rises – December figures in South Korea *Thaiger Bite

    Jobless rate rises – December figures in South Korea *Thaiger Bite

    PHOTO: Yonhap South Korea’s jobless rate rose slightly in December from a year earlier, government data showed Wednesday, as the finance minister vowed to create 150,000 jobs this year. The unemployment rate stood at 3.4 percent last month, up 0.1 percentage point from a year earlier, according to the data compiled by Statistics Korea. The number of employed people reached 26.63 million in December, an increase of 34,000 from the same month in 2017, according to the latest findings

  • UPDATE: Leopard Cat recovering after car accident with Soi Dog Foundation vets

    UPDATE: Leopard Cat recovering after car accident with Soi Dog Foundation vets

    PHOTO: ‘Happy Tiger’ – Recovering at Soi Dog Foundation , Mai Khao The condition of the Leopard Cat remains much the same – there has been no real improvement.

  • Dog stuck in mud, rescued after storm in Phang Nga

    Dog stuck in mud, rescued after storm in Phang Nga

    A dog in Phang Nga has been pulled out from mud near a canal yesterday following rain on the weekend. It has been named ‘Pabuk’. Paweena Thongsap, a nurse, has reported to rescue workers that she found a weak dog in mud near a canal in Phang Nga city

  • Leo returns to ‘The Beach’

    Leo returns to ‘The Beach’

    … well, a beach in Phuket anyway.