The colourful coral reefs provide a natural home for the Clownfish. (Bangkok Post file photo) The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation has dismissed a report that dead fish sighted at the Mu Ko Surin (Surin Islands) were killed by illegal fishing involving […]
Wuthipong Kochathamakun, alias Kotee, is shown talking to reporters in his political stronghold of Pathum Thani in 2014. (Photo by Pongpat Wongyala) Thailand has repeated its request for Laos to arrest hardcore red-shirt leader Wuthipong Kochathamakun, alias Kotee, as it believes the fugitive is continuing […]
Bodies from the attack were removed to the street outside the department store. (EPA photo) STOCKHOLM – A man steered a stolen beer truck into a crowd of people and then rammed it into a department store, killing at least four people in what officials […]
The coffin of dead inmate Suriya Suparak at a temple in Ron Phibun district, Nakhon Si Thammarat, on Thursday. The cremation has been postponed pending a “fair” investigation. (Photo by Nujaree Raekrun) Prison officials in Phangnga reported a man serving a sentence there had died […]
The Bank of Thailand expects an export recovery to contribute to higher GDP growth over the next two years. (Photo by Apichart Jinakul) The Thai economy will continue its steady upward climb, growing by 3.4% this year and 3.6% next year as exports improve, the […]
No doubt, Bangkok has its fair share of issues that hover over the urban landscape. From developers chasing out communities to make way for even more condominiums to the lack of greenery — and don’t get us started on the state of footpaths and the […]
Explosive ordnance disposal officers on Friday morning inspect the scene of an overnight explosion that brought down a power pole in Yala, one of a string of bombings in the three southernmost provinces and part of Songkhla. (Photo by Muhammad Ayub Pathan) A string of […]
The Digital Economy Promotion Agency (Depa) says it can begin implementing an action plan for the development of a digital ecosystem conducive for innovation-driven enterprises in three eastern provinces in 2018. Pichet: Learning from Phuket success The development is part of the government’s efforts to […]
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) departs Rota, Spain, on March 29, 2017. This was one of the ships that fired the missiles at targets in Syria on Thursday night. (Supplied US Navy photo via AP) WASHINGTON — The US has fired […]
Part of the SET’s efforts to double market capitalisation include plans to upgrade gold trading. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has set the ambitious goal of doubling market capitalisation to 30 trillion baht in 2020, says its president Kesara Manchusree. The SET’s daily trading […]
