The blackened sea is just the tip of the pollution iceberg for Thailand’s world-famous tourist destination that used to make Thailand proud.
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Tourists warned not to swim in polluted sea off Pattaya
A water treatment facility was built at a cost of about 124 billion baht to treat waste water from hotels. However, it malfunctioned after a short period in operation and was then abandoned due to lack of budget for maintenance.
Thailand on Red Alert in Bid to Stop ‘Pig Ebola’ Crossing Border
China, the largest pork producer and consumer, has been trying to contain the outbreak since August. But with no vaccine, the virus keeps spreading.
China-Laos Railway opens new horizons for fruit growers in Southwest China’s Yunnan
For decades, local fruit growers have complained about the crumbling roads that have impeded them from efficiently transporting fruits to other regions in China.
‘Lives are cheap’: Grief, anger as landslide rocks Myanmar’s jade hills
The government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi pledged to clean up the industry when it took power in 2016, but activists say little has changed.
Feature: Mekong river binds regional countries, peoples together as lifeblood of Southeast Asia
From China’s Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the river, the Chinese stretch of which is called the Lancang river, runs through southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.
Dolphin species thought extinct in Vietnam caught in Mekong Delta
An Irrawaddy dolphin, not seen in decades in Vietnam, was caught by a fisherman in the southern province of Ben Tre last Wednesday.
In Cambodia, the BRI must benefit locals too
They view projects as staffing too many Chinese, offering limited job opportunities to local people. They also complain about Chinese businesses crowding out local businesses, with Chinese money inflating prices.
Mineral misery: Vietnam salt farmers battered by imports, climate
Shifting weather patterns have upended work in an industry that depends on sunny, dry days for maximum production.