Day: June 2, 2020

Business World News

Trump to send in army if cities fail to deal with violent protests

By Ian Collier, Sky News THE US President has vowed to deploy the military unless states halt violent protests following the death of George Floyd. Donald Trump was speaking as tear gas was fired on demonstrators close to the White House in Washington DC. He said he was mobilising all federal resources to suppress protests […]

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Local News

Flood misery in Samut Prakarn with traffic paralysed

HOURS of heavy rain this morning led to a key road in a large housing estate being inundated by a metre-high floodwater with many other roads also flooded and traffic paralysed as solid jams stretched for kilometres, PostToday reported this afternoon (June 2, 2020). Several small cars and motorcycles had broken down and were parked […]

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Life

Phuket island reopens its doors to tourists

By Peeranut P., Sanook.com AFTER falling asleep and resting for a long time due to the coronavirus pandemic the isle of Phuket has reawakened and opened up to tourism again now that the fearful outbreak is under control at this popular destination with it being confirmed that there is no new infection and this leading […]

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Life

Driving across the country to get some ‘vintage’ durian

By Thai Newsroom Reporters SOME PEOPLE would decidedly brave a heavy rainstorm traveling all the way from Bangkok to a small village in Krabi just to taste durian from 100-year-old trees, literally. Prachak Khayankarn, the owner of 20 organically cultivated durian trees, each aged over 100 years, welcomed all visitors to his plantation in the […]

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