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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‘Ittiwat’ takes campaign to Alcazar, pushes ‘Pattaya for All’ vision ahead of city vote
PATTAYA, Thailand – Ittiwat Wattanasatsathon, no.1 candidate for Pattaya mayor from the People’s Party, together with his team of City Council candidates across all...
New measures set to clear obstructions along Pattaya beachfront roads
PATTAYA, Thailand – City authorities are preparing to strictly enforce new regulations on parking along beachfront roads in a bid to ease traffic congestion,...
Nominee business probe intensifies in Huai Khwang, Bangkok
BANGKOK, Thailand – The Department of Business Development (DBD), together with two parliamentary committees, has intensified inspections into suspected nominee businesses and illegal foreign...
Tiny dog survives until fisherman makes dramatic rescue off Koh Sichang
PATTAYA, Thailand – A fisherman made a dramatic sea rescue after discovering a small dog struggling to stay afloat in the waters off Koh...
Pattaya fire rescue captures 2-meter python behind Mega Home in Khao Talo
PATTAYA, Thailand – Fire rescue officers in Pattaya safely captured a mature python after it was spotted near a community area in South Pattaya,...