Care needed with Thai biodiversity

Thais take too much from their country’s bio-diversity – plants, animals and micro-organisms – and ignore limits in the process, a Thailand Environment Institute adviser warned yesterday.

“Such ignorance has led to degradation and the loss of diversity,”

Anyone for Thai Green Curry crickets? Or BBQ worm crisps?

Selfridges has reported aN increase in sales of insect delicacies after the World Health Organisation suggested that eating bugs could be the solution to worldwide food shortages.
The department store has recorded an 11 per cent increase in sales of Edible’s insect-based snacks including Thai Green Curry Crickets,

Thai Spring launches online campaign against Yingluck

The speech Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra delivered in the Mongolian capital recently has sparked widespread discussions nationwide.

Many have been asking if it is appropriate for the prime minister to cite domestic political conflicts in a speech.

Thai ghost film remake appeals with funny twist

Thais’ deep affection for ghost stories and laughter has brought a new phenomenon to movie theaters — comic touches added to an oft-told tragedy of true love, which have made the latest adaptation of the Mae Nak legend into the all-time highest-grossing Thai film.

QA signs codeshare pact with Thai carrier

Qatar Airways has announced a new codeshare agreement with Bangkok Airways to destinations across Thailand and the capital cities of neighbouring Cambodia and Myanmar.

Small attack on Thai newspaper has large implications

To head off rising tensions between supporters of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and cartoonist Somchai Katanyutanan, who faces possible criminal defamation charges for critical comments he posted on his personal Facebook page, Thailand’s government has to make sure police fully investigate this weekend’s attack on Thai Rath, the country’s largest circulation daily newspaper.

Thai ad firm back in Indochina

The advertising firm Prakit Holdings Plc plans to re-enter Myanmar and Laos this year to provide ad services to its clients in Indochina.
“This year is an important step for us, entering Myanmar and Laos again in preparation for the coming Asean Economic Community, as our clients want to expand their business throughout the region,” said chairman Prakit Apisarnthanarax.

Court disqualifies Pheu Thai MP

The Supreme Court’s Election Division yesterday disqualified Karun Hosakul as Pheu Thai MP for Bangkok’s Constituency 12 after he was found guilty of defaming Democrat candidate Tankhun Jittitsara.

The Strange Thai Insurgents Who Like Sorcery and Get High on Cough Syrup

Krue Se Mosque is just outside the city of Pattani on the shoulder of Highway 42, so nondescript you could breeze by without noticing. A bullet-riddled sign bears the notation, “Tourism Authority of Thailand,” but nobody coming here is a tourist. Any visitor is told –first with glances, soon in stronger terms — to keep his sojourn brief.

Thai hurt in Philippine volcano blast

Five Thais were among 27 mountaineers who were climbing the peak when the sudden explosion occurred, said the Thai embassy in Manila.
Four European and Filipino mountaineers were killed, according to Eduardo del Rosario, executive director of the Office of Civil Defense of the Philippines.