Tag: Thailand
Thai government to help impoverished ‘sea gypsies’
BANGKOK (UCAN): A Thailand’s deputy prime minister, Jurin Laksanawisit, has promised to provide appropriate housing…
Four years of drought for Mekong River
VIENTIANE (UCAN): Poor rainfall, climate change and dams have produced the worst conditions along the…
Alarm as Thai children separated from Covid-hit families
BANGKOK (UCAN): A controversial move by Thai authorities to separate children from their parents in…
Heavy rainfall eases drought effects in Mekong Delta
VIENTIANE (UCAN): Recorded water levels in the Lower Mekong River Basin [LMB] saw significant increases…
Thailand’s Catholics and Buddhists strengthen ties
SAKON NAKHON (UCAN): “The Church wants to promote and strengthen relations with the representatives of…
Defend Southeast Asia’s river of life
By James Lovelock | Thailand The Mekong, one of the world’s mightiest rivers, is disappearing…
Migrants infected with Covid-19 at Thai detention centres
BANGKOK (UCAN): Most of the migrants from Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia held in two overcrowded…
