Mudslide map puts 254 districts at risk
A map of the areas that are prone to landslides or mudslides being developed by the Mineral Resources Department has shown 254 districts comprising 2,371 villages are vulnerable.
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'Benefits are going unclaimed'
Laid-off workers generally lack information about how to access the unemployment benefits fund, which will have been in effect for two years this July, a recent survey found.
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Three Skytrain extensions given the go-ahead
The Bangkok Council yesterday unanimously approved a plan to take up all expenses for the construction of three Skytrain extension routes. The approval came at the end of a meeting, which, having begun on Wednesday went on until the small hours of yesterday.
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More held over brutal beating of 2 teachers
Police have arrested two more female suspects and issued six more arrest warrants in connection with the brutal abduction and assault of two teachers in Narathiwat last week that left one of them in a coma.
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Disaster caused by development rush
Headlong development in the past and the asset capitalisation scheme at present - which were aimed at boosting the economy but overlooked the environment - have been partly blamed for the natural disaster in the North.
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3 more orang-utans reported dead
Three more orang-utans smuggled from Indonesia to a Bangkok zoo were reported yesterday to have died.
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Chula remains first choice for students
Chulalongkorn University remains the top choice with the cream of this year's crop of freshmen.
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'A wake-up call on global warming'
"Northern areas, beware of flash-floods … The Andaman has high seas and strong winds, small fishing boats should not go out."
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'Time to do away with sex taboos'
For the sake of their own health, it is time for Thai women to overcome the traditional taboos surrounding sex, said a speaker at a press conference addressing women's health yesterday.
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Meeting on human security next week
Thailand will host a ministerial meeting and an international symposium on human security to explore new challenges to free people from fear and want, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday.
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