Bangkok - A team of 30 Chinese and Thai scientists have launched a two-year joint research programme to study the impact of climate change on the monsoon variability - the annual rains that are key to regional rice production, media reports said Wednesday.
The joint research programme will investigate variability of the monsoon in the Indian Ocean and China and its likely impact on rice- growing in China, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam, The Nation newspaper reported.
Bangkok - Thailand plans to request a 400-million-dollar loan from the China Exim Bank as part of its efforts to stimulate the economy which expected to shrink at least 3 per cent this year, media reports and officials said Wednesday.
The loan request is to be submitted to Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jieshi, who was scheduled to meet Wednesday with Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his Thai counterpart Kasit Piromya, The Nation newspaper reported.
Bangkok - Thai shares rose 1.99 per cent in value Monday on confidence that the scheduled US policy announcement on toxic assets will lead to a reinvestment in Asian stocks.
The stock Exchange of Thailand index ended at 438.17, up 8.53 points or 1.99 per cent.
Bangkok - Thailand's Health Ministry has warned people suffering from asthma and allergies to avoid eating fried insects, a popular street-stall snack in Bangkok and other cities, media reports said Sunday.
A recent study conducted by the ministry found that the fried silk worms, grasshoppers and other six-legged delicacies often contain excessively high levels of histamine that can trigger allergic reactions or asthma attacks, The Nation newspaper reported.
Bangkok - Thailand's coalition government on Saturday survived a no-confidence motion in parliament that delivered few solid punches against five ministers in the four-month-old cabinet.
The lower house voted 246 to 176 in favour of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Finance Minister Korn Chatikanaij and two other ministers.
But the vote of confidence for Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya was only 237 to 184.
Bangkok - Thai authorities arrested three alleged drug dealers linked to the late Khun Sa, one-time kingpin of the infamous Golden Triangle, and seized 117 million baht (3.25 million dollars) of their assets, officials said Friday.
Thai Justice Minister Pirapan Salirathavibhaga told a press conference that the three suspects, identified as Peerayuth Patsakon, Charnnarong Muser and Vicharn Suthipan, had been arrested by Department of Special Investigation (DSI) officers on Thursday.
Bangkok - A team of 30 Chinese and Thai scientists have launched a two-year joint research programme to study the impact of climate change on the monsoon variability - the annual rains that are key to regional rice production, media reports said Wednesday.
Bangkok - Thailand plans to request a 400-million-dollar loan from the China Exim Bank as part of its efforts to stimulate the economy which expected to shrink at least 3 per cent this year, media reports and officials said Wednesday.
Bangkok - Thai shares rose 1.99 per cent in value Monday on confidence that the scheduled US policy announcement on toxic assets will lead to a reinvestment in Asian stocks.
Bangkok - Thailand's Health Ministry has warned people suffering from asthma and allergies to avoid eating fried insects, a popular street-stall snack in Bangkok and other cities, media reports said Sunday.
Bangkok - Thailand's coalition government on Saturday survived a no-confidence motion in parliament that delivered few solid punches against five ministers in the four-month-old cabinet.
Bangkok - Thai authorities arrested three alleged drug dealers linked to the late Khun Sa, one-time kingpin of the infamous Golden Triangle, and seized 117 million baht (3.25 million dollars) of their assets, officials said Friday.
