More than 1,600 homes across seven districts in Narathiwat have been flooded during heavy rains over the past three days, stranding more than 6,500 residents.

Protesters turn to ritual cursing, effigy burning and 24-hour guard posts as 24-year battle against project reignites

International health activists have stepped up pressure on Thailand and other Asian countries to ban the use of asbestos.

Cambodian, Lao and Thai officials are taking a 14-day training course to beef up cooperation in the fight against wildlife smuggling across international borders.

Stifling, dirty and dangerous, air pollution from traffic is one of the biggest headaches for Bangkok people, but most endure it even as they complain bitterly about it.

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has instructed the Royal Forest Department (RFD) to suspend prosecutions against alleged forest encroachers pending a re-examination of evidence.

A Supreme Administrative Court judge has recommended that a 2006 lower court decision holding the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) liable for creating air pollution be upheld.

The deluge was caused by breaches in the floodwall and the overflowing Yom River north of the flood barrier.

"Villagers here want the dam. Only conservationists oppose it. They are not stakeholders like local people," said Rabieb Philuk, an assistant village head.

A seasonal storm that has lashed Uttaradit's Laplae district since Friday caused flash floods that swamped more than 500 houses and 10,000 rai of farmland in two tambons yesterday.

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