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Provinces in Mekong Delta seeing less rain, may face severe drought
As usual at this time of year, water from upstream in the Mekong River flows forward and causes floods in Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces. But so far, water levels at river monitoring portal stations are the lowest ever. The objective reason is the El Nino ...
Residents flee as houses sink
Subsidence affecting nine townhouses at a housing estate in Pathum Thani could have resulted from pile foundations breaking underground due to soft soil, according to an initial investigation by the Engineering Institute of Thailand on 14 October. Keep reading ...
Bangkok motorists face new oil, gas charge
Bangkok-based petrol stations will be hit with a new local tax collected from their oil and gas sales at five satang a litre, starting on 15 October, as City Hall steps up efforts to pull in revenue for city development. It is the first time such a tax has ...
Cholera infects almost 200 in Kayin State
Thirteen people have died and almost 200 infected with cholera in a remote area of Kayin State under Karen National Union control. The number may be higher, however, as no reports have been received from the region since late September, according to the KNU. Eh Kalu ...
As ceasefire signed, president confident more groups will join nationwide pact
More armed ethnic groups will join the nationwide ceasefire if it is implemented successfully with the first eight signatories, President U Thein Sein said at a signing ceremony in Naypyidaw on 15 October. Eight ethnic armed groups, including the Karen National Union and Restoration Council of Shan ...
Yangon flood losses top K11 billon
Yangon is at greater risk than many other parts of the country to natural disaster, said Yangon Region Chief Minister U Myint Swe. Flooding in 14 of the region’s townships caused losses of more than K11 billion (US$8.5 million) this year, he said. Keep reading ...
Cambodian activist wins 'Children's Nobel Prize'
A Cambodian activist who has championed the rights of poor children to get an education was named winner of the World’s Children’s Prize, sometimes called the “Children’s Nobel Prize”. Keep reading ...
Thailand's organic village scheme set for expansion
The Thai government has pitched the idea of developing the organic village scheme in a move to strengthen local communities and farmers. The scheme, organised through a partnership with the Organic Agriculture Association of Thailand, will launch in five provinces: Chiang Mai, Surin, Lampang, Phetchabun and ...
Port gets green light to list on Cambodian stock exchange
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia has given the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port preliminary approval to make an initial public offering on the country’s fledgling bourse, which the state-run firm expects to join in early December. Should it succeed, the port will be only the ...
Cambodian Minister, South Korean official meet over aid, university
Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong met with South Korea’s deputy minister for political affairs on 14 October to offer his gratitude for a $35 million university that South Korea has pledged to build in Cambodia, an official said. Keep reading ...
