The Nation
Surge in coal use scuttling climate change efforts
A worldwide rebound in coal trading is disrupting efforts to mitigate global warming and prevent climate change.Energy analysts expect coal consumption in Southeast Asia and India to grow, as demand for the cheapest fuel is driving rapid economic expansion and offering big profits to investors ...
Pratch Rujivanarom
PM Says Science Important to National Development
Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has urged children to be more interested in science as it is important to the development of the country. Speaking during the opening ceremony of the 2018 National Science and Technology Fair, Gen Prayut said science is part of everyday life ...
Nuppol Suvansombut
Don’t make dam business solely about profits, say advocates
Last month’s dam collapse at the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydropower project in Laos’ Attapeu province has so far claimed 35 lives, with 99 missing and thousands displaced.This tragedy has prompted the Lao government to set up panels to find the cause of the incident and exactly ...
Piyaporn Wongruang
New rules ban students from ‘indecency’ and ‘inappropriate’ displays of affection
The Cabinet has approved the Education Ministry’s new regulations banning students from holding public gatherings, “inappropriate” displays of affection and causing public nuisance.The new regulations, which will be implemented after being published in the Royal Gazette, is a revamp of the 2005 regulation on students’ ...
Kornrawee Panyasuppakun
PM calls for a digital ecosystem for region
Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha has urged policymakers and entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia to develop and nurture a digital trade ecosystem as information technology in the region takes off. Delivering the keynote speech on the topic of “CLMVT Taking-Off Through Technology”, Prayut praised the region’s ...
Wichit Chaitrong
Govt to ban import of electronic, plastic wastes
Import of all kinds of electronic and plastic wastes will be prohibited to ensure protection of the environment. A meeting yesterday (August 16) between all related agencies to solve the environmental problems created by e-waste and plastic waste concluded with a resolution to ban the ...
Pratch Rujivanarom
Schooling for poor kids thanks to Bt10 from Chiang Mai residents
The Equitable Education Fund (EEF) is now exploring ideas on how best to engage all sectors in extending educational help to underprivileged children.At its public forum in Chiang Mai yesterday (August 15), local leader Phairat Maichompoo presented the Bt10 Chiang Mai Fund as a model. ...
Chularat Saengpassa
A thousand Cambodian labourers deported from Thailand
Some 1,000 Cambodian workers who failed to meet the deadline to legalise their work documents in Thailand have been deported since July 1, said officials at the Poipet border at Banteay Meanchey province.Provincial Labour Department director Ros Sarom said officials had issued legal documents to ...
Government urged to help 1.2m desperately poor Thais
At least 1.2 million Thais are desperately poor and need urgent help from the government, the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) said. The national economic planning agency said it plans to prompt the government to assist people in the most serious financial distress ...
Wichit Chaitrong
Thailand prepares for ASEAN chairmanship in 2019
The integration story of Southeast Asian nations, widely known as “ASEAN”, began in 1967 and has since brought about significant changes to the Southeast Asian region.For decades, ASEAN has played an instrumental role in maintaining political stability, fostering economic,trade and investment cooperation, as well as ...
