[Rising heat and drought threaten mango cultivation in Prachuap Khiri Khan]

Instead of all the BS coming from govt about building skyscrapers and Panama canals, one thing it is complete madness to avoid is the building of many new reservoirs all over the country. They will be needed and soon

[Legislation Prepared For PM To Suspend Commanders Suspected Of Hatching Coups]

Everyone is starting to remember why Thaksin was ousted in the first place? The man is 100% self serving

[Phi Phi Islands tackle critical water shortage]

Every single resort island in the Maldives has its own desalination plant to provide water. Absolutely no excuse other than greed, short sightedness and aways taking the easy option

[Street vendor’s fried wonton pricing sparks social media uproar]

Not bad, almost as good value as my 40 baht fried egg

[Water crisis hits Koh Pha Ngan and Koh Samui, tap water rationed]

Somebody in govt needs to be thinking about building many more reservoirs in areas under stress

[Over 400 criminal cases brought against foreigners in Phuket]

it is amazing how many news articles Phuket and Pattaya both generate. At least it helps keeping all the scumbags together I suppose

[Thailand seeks more flight routes from Laos and China]

Yes, please bring back the Chiang Mai - Xishuangbanna route

[Plans for Thailand's first nuclear power plant]

Lots of big obstacles to overcome to build a Nuclear Power Plant. Where in Thailand would be suitable? Constant water supply for cooling and away from areas subject to sea level rise

[PM Srettha: Legalise casinos to save Thailand’s economy]

Will casinos have bookmakers as well, assume that is a big part of gambling scene?

[Saab swoops to supply Gripen jets to RTAF in 19-billion-baht deal]

Waste of money. Thailand does not need any fighters at all, as it never ever takes a stand on anything

[Skeleton Found Buried in Lat Krabang Area, suspected to be a Nigerian]

"human like" and "might beNigerian"... nice bit of casual racism there!

[British woman’s Thailand epiphany leads to £6K savings a year (video)]

I feel better now after reading that heartwarming story

[Thailand aims to reduce tuberculosis rate by 5% annually]

Didn't realise it was so high. 15-20x higher than European countries. No vaccinations I take it

[Polish yoga instructor arrested in Koh Phangan for unlicensed operations]

Yoga teachers are the worst. Arrest them all

[PM Leads Volunteer Project to Clean Bangkok's Canals]

You don't clean the waterways by "cleaning the waterways" you do it by providing infra so that the waterways do not get polluted in the first place. *That* is the PM's job not dressing up and playing in the dirt

[Plans for new airport in northern Thailand set to take off]

Has anyone asked if they want it? There's an airport in Nan and an unused one in Phrae. The new railway to Chiang Rai will be coming soon as well.

Has someone in govt been buying up cheap land in Phayao by any chance?

[Swiss technology revolutionises Thai railways with first arch culvert]

4.2m is not high enough to prevent lorries getting stuck in it or even overloaded pick up trucks

[Thailand’s cannabis sector faces threat from recreational use ban]

1 hour ago, smedly said:

not soon enough 

Agreed. I don't mind it but it is completely out of hand now. Pot shops are as common as 7-11 some places

[PM Srettha to Address Wildfire Crisis Upon Return from Europe]

Ban the sales of forest mushrooms completely. Make it illegal to have or sell these forest mushrooms. It can't be that hard and will stop the incentive for starting them in the first place

[British Airways reignites Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur routes]

9 hours ago, daveAustin said:

Gatwick sucks for me, but hopefully bring other direct flights down a bit on the London route. The KL route is interesting.

but not for me, cuts nearly an hour of driving off and no ULEZ fares. Just hope prices are reasonable

[Update: Villa owner’s violent act leads to demolition in beach assault scandal]

is anyone sympathetic to this wally? I am not. He deserves what is coming

[Thai surrogacy revolution: Foreign couples welcome]

Surrogacy should not to be encouraged, and definitely should not be commercialised

[Forest fires in Chiang Mai made the city the world’s 8th most polluted on Saturday]

Can someone who knows more clarify that these fires are being set solely so people can pick some kind of forest mushroom that only grows after the fires? Or is it for crop production?

[Thailand’s tourism ministry plans workshop to become global hub by 2030]

"Ignite Thailand"

 

Hub of forest fires...

[Thai Cabinet rejects gender recognition bill, citing crime concerns]

everyone gets sex and gender mixed up and it causes huge problems.

 

Sex is binary gender is whatever the current trend says it is