Monthly Archives: August 2019

 #1 Posted 4 hours ago By Jessada ChantharakThe Nation The Metropolitan Police Bureau’s Traffic Police Division will officially implement a revamped red-light camera system at 30 intersections across the city from September 1 onward, deputy city police chief Maj-General Jirasan Kaewsaeng-ake … Continue reading →

Every few years the world’s biggest wildlife trade conference convenes to decide the fate of some of the world’s most threatened species. The 18th Conference of the Parties of The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) concluded this … Continue reading →

THE PROUD SYMBOL OF THAILAND IN DETERIORATION To-night, 2008, I walked from BTS-Skytrain station Asoke to Dynasty Inn where I wanted to eat a bit. After 600 meters of the total of 900 meters I had to walk I met … Continue reading →

Next month will see nationwide campaigns to do something about the appalling carnage on the Thai roads.  The targets are public transport vehicles of all kinds and the staff who drive them.  More than a million vehicles will be checked … Continue reading →

Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) has urged the government to include waste management as part of the national agenda and proposed the government ban foam usage and make consumers pay for plastic shopping bags. Somkiat Tangkitvanich, president of the TDRI, … Continue reading →

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered a more detailed analysis into poverty in Thailand as the government prepares to launch solutions to tackle the problem. Information on each province is sought so the government can come up with tailor-made solutions. “At … Continue reading →

DILI: East Timor on Friday marks 20 years since a UN-backed vote ended a bloody, decades-long occupation by Indonesian forces and paved the way for it to become an independent nation. On August 30, 1999, nearly 80 percent of East … Continue reading →

TM30: The form getting expats in Thailand into a bureaucratic tangle The TM30 form is complex and must often be completed in person Thailand has long been an attractive destination for Western expats – where money goes further and can … Continue reading →

He said that restrictions of 12 midnight to 4 am for trucks in municipal areas were ridiculous. And new fine systems that multiply unpaid sanctions by 5 times would just lead to yet more police corruption.  The rewards system for … Continue reading →

A motorcyclist had a narrow escape when a long section of drainage pipe fell off the Rama 9 overpass onto the road immediately in front of him in Bangkok late on Tuesday night. Facebook user Chaimongkol Khantura posted a message … Continue reading →