The Bangkok Post

Researchers backed by multi-million-dollar grants from Nasa are heading to Southeast Asia’s Mekong River region to find ways to improve dams so they are less harmful to people and the environment. Keep reading ...

Small freight vessels and passenger cruises have resumed services after the water level rose above two metres on a stretch of the Mekong River in Chiang Saen district yesterday, according to the provincial office. Keep reading   ...

Don Mueang airport will propose a 2.2-billion-baht renovation project for its old domestic terminal to the Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) for consideration next month, general manager Suthirawat Suwannawat said. Keep reading ...

Water management in the Mekong region is, in practice, dominated by energy objectives. In Cambodia, the priority is to substitute domestically produced hydropower for expensive diesel and electricity imports. Keep reading   ...

Market regulators in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance the Asean Collective Investment Schemes (CIS) Framework, allowing fund managers to offer a broader range of fund products to investors in the region. Keep reading ...

Member countries of the Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS) are working to develop a master development plan for 2019-23 to strengthen sustainable economic growth and enact better economic management. Keep reading   ...

Unquestionably, construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta is the man of the moment. His name is on everyone’s lips, after he and three of his entourage were arrested and charged with poaching in Unesco’s World Heritage Thungyai Naresuan wildlife sanctuary on Feb 4.  []There are reasons to believe hunting ...

The Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) and the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) are set to work on Mice campaigns to boost visitors to Khon Kaen province.  Keep reading ...

UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Boris Johnson has expressed confidence in the kingdom’s reform process and return to democracy, deputy government spokesman Werachon Sukondhapatipak said Monday. []The majority of illegal wildlife products originate in Africa, which smugglers will often transit via Asean ...

Across the globe, democracy, freedoms and the rule of law are collapsing. Our planet is suffering from increasing uncontrolled migration due to resource extraction limits and global climate change which is compounding rising authoritarianism and xenophobia in countries like Myanmar. Thailand, a key middle power in ...