Tag: Bangkok
Japan offers aid to flood victims
BANGKOK, 15 October 2011 – Japan has offered aid worth 12 million THB to flood victims in Thailand. A Korean Air...
Japanese investors won’t relocate production bases
BANGKOK, Oct 14 – Beleaguered Japanese investors have asserted that they will not shift their production bases from Thailand to other countries despite the...
FTI: Flood costs industry 190 billion THB
BANGKOK, 14 October 2011 – The ongoing flood crisis has cost the Thai industry at least 190 billion THB and is expected to bring...
Japanese investors want clarification on flood prevention from government
BANGKOK, 14 October 2011 -Mr. Kyoichi Tanada, President of Toyota Motor Thailand and the President of Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Mr. Setsuo Iuchi,...
Bangkok confirmed safe from floods with more dykes being built urgently
BANGKOK, 14 October 2011 – Justice Minister Police General Pracha Promnog, in his capacity as director of the Flood Relief Operations Center (FROC), has...
Special Report:Long-Term Water Management
The current flood problem is considered very severe due to a huge amount of overflow inundating many provinces. More damages will certainly follow unless...
Thailand to maintain World Heritage Committee membership
BANGKOK, Oct 13 --- Thailand resolved to retain its status in the World Heritage Committee, according to Thai Foreign Affairs Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul. ...
Six Andaman Coast provinces warned of heavy rains
BANGKOK, 12 October 2011 – The Emergency Operation Center for Flood, Storm and Landslide has cautioned residents of six southern provinces on the Andaman...
UNESCO to assess flood-affected Ayutthaya World Heritage site
BANGKOK, Oct 12 – The Thai government has requested UNESCO, the world cultural body, to undertake a mission to the historic former capital of...
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Heavy drinking ends with head injury for Pattaya motorcyclist
A man receives medical treatment after reportedly falling from his own motorcycle near South Pattaya Soi 10 on June 18, suffering a head wound...
Motorcycle taxi driver and app rider argue over condo pickup in Pattaya
An app-based delivery and a local motorcycle taxi driver argue outside a condominium in Naklua, Pattaya, after a dispute over a customer pickup, with...
Pattaya resident horrified by cobra display until truth emerges
Emergency responders prepare to capture what appeared to be a cobra in a Central Pattaya condominium parking lot before discovering it was actually a...
Fresh catch at dawn draws seafood lovers to Jomtien
Fresh seafood from local fishing boats is displayed for sale at Jomtien Fishermen’s Market, where visitors can select their catch and have it steamed,...
Russian and Indian tourists caught fighting on Pattaya street
A Russian and an Indian tourist exchange blows on a Pattaya street on June 18 before workers from a nearby massage shop intervene to...