Work-from-home measures will be implemented in Bangkok if the hazardous pollution levels caused by ultra-fine particles do not improve soon, said Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda yesterday.Continue Reading
CHON BURI: A land plot over the hilltop in Sattahip district where a luxury resort was built reportedly belonged to a former local politician who sold the occupation right to the resort operator for 11 million baht.Continue Reading
Netizens are divided over whether Chinese tourists should wear student uniforms. Some claim foreigners want to wear them like cosplay and they are just tourists trying to enjoy themselves.Continue Reading
Former Bangkok governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra has been implicated by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) over alleged irregularities in contract extensions to operate the Green Line mass-transit routes a decade ago.Continue Reading
The cost of expanding US Medicare prescription drug coverage to pay for expensive, new obesity medications could be catastrophic, health economists warned in a report published on Saturday (Mar 11). Big-selling diabetes drugs have been repurposed as obesity treatments after demonstrating weight loss of more than 20 per cent inContinue Reading
Pata Zoo has offered a 100,000-baht reward for information leading to the arrest of vandals who spray-painted “Free Bua Noi” across the storefront above the main entrance of the Pata Department Store in Bangkok.Continue Reading
Police have arrested three suspects and seized e-cigarettes and related items worth over 80 million baht during raids in Nakhon Pathom and Bangkok.Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: Twenty-four food stalls, including three food trucks, at the Hari Raya Mega Sale 2023 fair had their operations suspended by the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) after they were found to be operating without a licence. In a news release on Saturday (Mar 11), the agency said its officers discovered theContinue Reading
Two young activists announced on Saturday that they were ending their hunger strike after 52 days in order to receive treatment to save their lives so that they could continue their fight on behalf of political prisoners and judicial reform.Continue Reading
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s Merapi volcano erupted on Saturday (Mar 11), spewing hot cloud up to 7km, the country’s disaster management agency said in a statement. The volcano located in Indonesia’s Yogyakarta special region erupted around noon local time (0500 GMT) and a lava flow of 1.5km was observed, the local authorityContinue Reading