Tag: Thailand
UNESCO offers help for flood-hit Ayutthaya World Heritage site
BANGKOK, Oct 7 - The United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) on Friday offered the Thai authorities emergency assistance for the ancient...
PM orders urgent raising height of riverside dykes in Ayutthaya
AYUTTHAYA, Oct 6 -- Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra ordered raising the elevation of Ayutthaya flood prevention dyke to two metres out of concern that...
Flood crisis worsens in downstream central provinces
AYUTTHAYA, Oct 6 – Thailand’s old capital of Ayutthaya has been hardest hit by flooding as the mass of water from three rivers will...
Sirikit Dam confirmed strong, no cracking as rumored
UTTARADIT, 5 October 2011 – The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) has confirmed the strength of Sirikit Dam in Uttaradit province and its...
People in Nakhon Sawan warned of more floods as Ping and...
BANGKOK, 5 October 2011 - The governor of Nakhon Sawan Province has warned residents along the Ping and Chao Phraya rivers to prepare for...
Culture Ministry accommodates Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca
BANGKOK, 4 October 2011 -Thai Muslims pilgrims who traveled to Saudi Arabia to attend this year’s Hajj were accorded a warm welcome at Suvarnabhumi...
Historic Ayutthaya temple inundated; villagers evacuted
AYUTTHAYA, Oct 4 -- Waters of Thailand's Chao Phraya River flooded into a historic temple in the former capital of Siam at around 6am...
Floods damage 500,000 rai of sugarcane crop
BANGKOK, Oct 4 – Continued flooding has damaged some 400,000-500,000 rai of Thailand’s current sugarcane crop in a number of provinces in the upper...
Cabinet extends measures to help Thailand’s low income earners
BANGKOK, Oct 4 – Thailand’s Cabinet on Tuesday extended measures to reduce the cost of living for low income earners by offering free non-air...
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Thailand eyes new trade and energy deals as PM Anutin visits Russia
BANGKOK, Thailand – Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Anutin Charnvirakul is scheduled to attend the ASEAN-Russia Commemorative Summit in Kazan, Russian Federation, from...
Agriculture Ministry speeds up water and infrastructure projects in Chiang Rai
CHIANG RAI, Thailand – Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives Piyarat Tiyapairat visited Doi Hang Subdistrict in Chiang Rai Province to hear farmers’ concerns...
Thailand eyes ASEAN gaming hub status as PM pushes industry growth
BANGKOK, Thailand – Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Anutin Charnvirakul is promoting the gaming industry as a new economic engine for Thailand to...
South Korea’s RE100 villages power rural communities with clean energy
SOUTH KOREA – South Korea is expanding the use of renewable energy in rural areas through its RE100 Village program, encouraging communities to generate...
Government steps in to settle Thap Lan National Park boundary dispute
BANGKOK, Thailand – The government has appointed Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Suchart Chomklin to address the ongoing boundary issue at Thap Lan...