Jobs to get scarce as industrial activity dips
About 700,000 new graduates face bleak prospects in finding jobs as the worst economic conditions in 10 years force many manufacturers to reduce output.
FM seeks release of Thai student detained by US Homeland Security
The Foreign Ministry is trying to obtain the release of an unnamed Thai university student being detained by the US Homeland Security Department after he sneaked in a law lecture on possession of weapons, the ministry's spokesman Tharit Charungvat said.
Let people choose the lottery numbers, says economist
Well-known economist Sangsit Piriyarangsan called on the government on Friday to heed demands of lottery vendors over a vital condition that the new two and threedigit lotteries system must allow punters to select the numbers they want to buy.
Malaysia govt told to accept blogging as new media
Kuala Lumpur - The National Union of Journalists Malaysia has urged the Government to acknowledge the existence of Internet citizen reporting and blogging as a new media for disseminating information.
Crucial climate change agreement reached
Climate change experts agreed Friday on measures the world can take to combat global warming, following intense debate and marathon negotiations at a crucial UN conference here, a French delegate said.
GLOBAL WARMING Bangkok initiates campaign to reduce impact of climate change
While scientists from all over the world were working to finalise a report on mitigation of global warming in the UN building here, the capital was coming up with its own initiative to reduce the impact of climate change.
