The famous Huay Mae Khamin waterfall in Si Sawat district, Kanchanaburi, has dried up and is now closed to tourists. (Photo by Piyarach Chongcharoen) KANCHANABURI — A loss of about 2 million baht in revenue from tourism is expected during the Songkran Festival following the […]
A taste of the good life
A recent video post on food-focused Instagram account ppgallery showing how to make the Thai classic of mango and sticky rice racked up around 30,000 views in only one day. For a simple dish to whip up — a matter of peeling and slicing a […]
English proficiency to be key Tokyo 2020 legacy
The construction site of the new National Stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics is shown to the media on Friday. (Kyodo photo) Language schools in Japan are tying up with sports associations to help improve the English skills of Japanese athletes in the […]
Online gastronomy delight
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The man behind Srisaket’s rise back to stardom
WBC super-flyweight champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, centre, arrives at Suvarnabhumi airport after winning the title in New York. Photo: Somchai Poomlard Thailand’s Srisaket Sor Rungvisai regained the WBC super-flyweight title last Saturday with a 114-112, 114-112, 113-113 win over holder Roman Gonzalez at New York’s […]
Gang is stealing elephants and changing their identity
Soldiers look at an elephant a handler claims to be ‘Phang Yo’ at a Phuket safari park. The owner said it was kidnapped in 2003 while working in Krabi. (Photo by Achadtaya Chuenniran) An elephant owner who claims one of his herd was stolen from him […]
Mother of killed Lahu teen calls on NHRC
A youth campaign network holds a press conference on Wednesday to mourn the death of Lahu activist Chaiyapoom Pasae who died in an extra-judicial. (Photo by Tawatchai Kemgumnerd) The mother of a Lahu activist shot dead by a soldier on March 17 on Saturday called […]
Mathayom 3 students fail all five O-Net subjects
The results of the nationwide O-Net tests for students in the 9th grade, or Mathayom 3, for the 2016 academic year which came out on Saturday showed students failed all five subjects on average, according to the National Institute of Educational Testing Service (Niets). Meanwhile, […]
Dignified to the end
‘Your mother only has three months left to live.” Despite his professional training, Somsak Anupong, a registered nurse at a private hospital in suburban Bangkok, was aghast hearing this heartbreaking news from the doctor. “It felt like being slapped in the face. I have bachelor’s […]
The Big Issue: Shot fired, man down
Artist and activist Chaiyapoom Pasae, a Lahu, was shot and killed by a soldier at a drug checkpoint. That is the complete set of facts everyone agrees on. As of press time, there are civilian eyewitnesses, an army incident report and a police report. The […]