WEEKLY NEWS
Last updated April 07, 2009
(Bangkok Post)

BREAKING NEWS
Seven million people short of water
More than seven million people in 491 districts of 53 provinces are suffering from a water shortage, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation reported on Wednesday.

The amount of water in many large and medium-sized reservoirs across the country had dwindled to 46.247 billion cubic metres, or about 63 per cent of the total capacity.

However, the dry season was less severe than the same period last year ... (read more).

NATIONAL POLITICAL EVENTS
Taksin goes broke in his lastest exposure
Guess what Thaksin Shinawatra had in mind when he decided to go on air Sunday night, donning a red shirt and fingerpointing two privy councilors, two senior judges and an academic for plotting the overthrow of his regime three years ago. ... (read more).

WORLD NEWS
Don't underestimate the red shirts' wrath

That the relative calm in Thai politics has been shattered in recent days has caught many by surprise. For the past three months after a year of brinkmanship and turmoil, it seemed as if the government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva was finding its footing with its stimulus packages and restoration of confidence at home and abroad. (read more).

BREAKING NEWS
Time warp in Trang

For some unparalleled dining experiences and a taste of life lived at a more leisurely pace, check out this most charming backwater settlement

I hadn't said a word to anyone in the restaurant, much less put in an order. I'd barely had time to get comfortable in my chair when the waiter rushed over and started plonking down stainless-steel dishes of steaming dim sum. Only when he'd covered most of the surface of the large table with food did he finally make eye contact. Would I like coffee or tea or something else to drink, he wanted to know. ... (read more).

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