The Bangkok Post
Mekong river rising rapidly at Nong Khai
Water in the Mekong River at this border town is rising alarmingly and municipality officials are preparing to shut drainage outlet pipes to prevent water from the river seeping into the city and causing flooding, reports said. On August 17, the river level was 10.19 ...
Severe flooding ravages North
Downpours have triggered severe floods in wide areas in the northern provinces of Nan and Phayao, ravaging properties and prompting officials to warn residents to brace for further damage amid the persistent rain. Schools and several hundred houses in the two northern provinces of Thailand were ...
Japan's economic growth fizzles out in second quarter
Japan’s economy stagnated in the second quarter, data showed on Monday, falling below expectations and rekindling worries about the government’s faltering bid to stoke a recovery. Weak figures on August 15 come as Japanese officials face growing pressure to deliver and economists increasingly write off ...
State seeks ways to raise shipments
The government is scheduled to call a joint meeting of Thai commercial counsellors and trade ministers from 65 offices worldwide next month to evaluate exports in the remaining months and map out new strategies to boost shipments in the year to come. Infrastructure development projects such ...
Numerous bombs in the South after Hua Hin blasts
A string of explosions rocked southern provinces as the nation celebrated Her Majesty the Queen’s birthday. The blasts on August 5 came just hours after one person was killed and nearly 20 injured, including foreign tourists, by two explosions in Hua Hin, Thailand on the ...
Thai rice faces global price war
Thailand’s rice market is expected to face a price war next year as a result of oversupply that will lower prices in both domestic and export markets, while the stronger baht could hurt the competitiveness of rice shipments, exporters warn. Charoen Laothammatas, president of the Thai ...
Major drug smuggling group smashed by Safe Mekong operation
One of the five major drug smuggling groups operating in the region has been crushed and its 26 networks destroyed by the Safe Mekong Joint Operation, Justice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya announced on Wednesday.Gen Paiboon was briefing the media on progress in the third phase of ...
More Cambodia rice bound for China
China plans to increase its rice import quota from Cambodia next year as the country braces for possible cutbacks by the European Union to limit milled rice imports from least developed countries. Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak said on August 2 that his Chinese counterpart Gao Hucheng agreed ...
MEA to bury 127km of power lines by 2020
The Metropolitan Electricity Authority says it will continue putting power lines underground, expecting to bury another 127 kilometres by 2020. The agency plans several other power line projects in addition to those already initiated, said MEA governor Somchai Roadrungwasinkul. The first phase of the plan, ...
Foreign direct investment collapses
Foreign direct investment in Thailand in the first half of the year fell by more than 90% in value to the lowest mark in over a decade at US$347 million, reports the Bank of Thailand. The report said FDI declined from $4.2 billion in the same ...
