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At least 2 northern train stop services in protest
PHICHIT: — At least two northern trains halted their service as workers began their protest against the planned privatisation of the State Railway of Thailand.
The Nakhon Sawan - Chiang Mai train halted its service at 5 am and the Tapan Hin - Bangkok train would not [...]
2 Comments » Dengue Fever Outbreak Hits Parts of Asia
The worst outbreak of dengue fever in years has hit Southeast Asia, prompting the World Health Organization to call for better prevention campaigns as experts question whether global warming is partly to blame.
Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand have all experienced large outbreaks. Most of the victims are children who [...]
Police to announce paedophiles blacklist
BANGKOK: — The Thai police will soon release to the public a list of 50 indicted Western paedophiles and their photographs that it has received from European police, Pol Maj-General Wimol Pao-insaid Friday.
Canadian Christopher Paul Neil, who was arrested last week in Nakhon Ratchasima following a global manhunt, is ranked 13th [...]
Thailand facing population crisis
BANGKOK: — Thailand will soon be facing a population crisis due to the rising number of elderly citizens, the declining number of young and working populace and the total fertility rate dropping from 6.3 in 1964 to 1.61 in 2005, a scholar warned Thursday.
Kua Wongboonsin, a population studies expert from Chulalongkorn University, [...]
Floods paralyse Chumphon, Surat Thani
SURAT THANI: — Schools in Muang Chump-hon Municipality were closed yesterday after heavy downpours on Tuesday night caused severe flooding, while Surat Thani’s Phrasaeng district has been declared a disaster zone.
Chumphon’s seven districts, including the provincial seat, were flooded and flat-bottomed boats were used to distribute relief supplies, while landslide warnings [...]
