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BMA offers online vocational courses [Video]
A vocational school, operating under the supervision of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, has found success putting training courses online. After establishing this newfound approach to teaching, they have decided to go full throttle.Keep watching ...
Food deliveries add to Thai plastic headache
Single-use plastic waste in Thailand ballooned during the coronavirus lockdown as demand for home food deliveries soared, activists say, setting back efforts to reduce the country’s dependency on the environmental scourge. The contagion has had mixed outcomes for Thailand’s environment, with dugongs, turtles and otters returning ...
Thailand pledges Bt3.3m for UN Covid-19 fund
The Cabinet on Tuesday (June 23) agreed to sign a pact on donating funds to the United Nations Covid-19 Response and Recovery Multi-Partner Trust Fund to help countries affected by the pandemic.Deputy government spokesperson Ratchada Thanadirek said the fund aims to raise US$2 billion and ...
The Nation Reporter
Illegal logging, encroachment found in Narathiwat
A total of 36 rai of forest on Sankalakhiri mountain range in Chanae district of this southern province has been illegally cleared by encroachers, forest protection officials said.Acting on information from local villagers, Gen Jatuporn Kalampasut, director of the intelligence office of the Region 4 ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Draft law on tackling forced disappearances, torture gets green light
The Cabinet on Tuesday (June 23) gave the go-ahead to a draft law on the prevention and suppression of torture and forced disappearances, deputy government spokesperson Rachada Thanadirek said.This bill aims to protect every citizen from being tortured or “disappeared” by state officials as well ...
The Nation Reporter
DES mulls move on Thaicom
The Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry through its legal panel is set to enter the arbitration process against SET-listed satellite service provider Thaicom for contractual breach in connection with satellite Thaicom 5.Thaicom 5 had a technical incident with the status notification system last December. ...
Komsan Tortermvasana
Bang Saen to become Thailand’s First Zero Waste Beach [Video]
Researchers, environmentalists, and administrators from various agencies are working to earn Bang Saen Beach a badge as a zero-waste beach, after years of being considered a venue known for waste pollution.Keep watching ...
Plant breeders back Thailand joining trans-pacific partnership
Plant breeders want Thailand to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and suggested that the government fund research.The chief of Plant Variety Protection Office, Thidakoon Saenudom, said in a seminar on the CPTPP that Thailand would take three – five years ...
The Nation Reporter
mRNA vaccine against Covid-19 shows initial success on monkeys
Thailand seems to be moving closer to finding a Covid-19 vaccine after the first trial on monkeys proved to be successful, leaving them strong and immune to the virus. Scientists were scheduled to launch a second round of testing the mRNA vaccine on the animals ...
The Nation Reporter
TAT looks to spur domestic travel
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) plans to launch domestic tourism packages to stimulate travel as the Covid-19 crisis subsides.TAT governor Yuthasak Supasorn said the cabinet has approved all three domestic tourism packages in principle.In the next step, the TAT will work out the implementation ...
Bangkok Post Reporter