1 - 10 of 111 results for "disaster zone"

  1. 1. learning | 21 Oct 2011

    Bang Bua Thong now a lake (updated)

    Easy English news

    By Terry Fredrickson

    » If any district in the Bangkok area needs to be declared a disaster zone, Bang Bua Thong district of neighbouring Nonthaburi should be first on the list.

  2. 2. learning | 14 Feb 2013

    Death zone

    General news

    By Terry Fredrickson

    » Narathiwat militants were unaware they were entering a death zone, the Bangkok Post's veteran military affairs reporter Wassana Nanuam writes.

  3. 3. news | 29 Apr 2013

    N. Korea ignores overture on industrial zone

    By AFP

    » North Korea has ignored a plea by South Korean businessmen to visit a joint industrial zone for talks on its future, an official in Seoul said, amid fears of a permanent closure.

  4. 4. business | 07 May 2013

    German MP urges unity in euro zone

    ECONOMY

    Newspaper section: Business

    » With Asia growing steadily, it is even more important for the euro zone to remain intact in order for the bloc to maintain its relevance in the future, says Michael Fuchs, a member of the German parliament.

  5. 5. news | 13 May 2013

    World has entered new CO2 'danger zone': UN

    By AFP

    » The world has entered a "new danger zone" with a record level of Earth-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, UN climate chief Christiana Figueres said Monday.

  6. 6. news | 03 May 2013

    Last S. Korean workers leave joint factory zone

    By AFP

    » South Korea on Friday withdrew its last remaining workers from a joint industrial zone in North Korea at risk of permanent closure due to soaring military tensions.

  7. 7. learning | 16 Dec 2012

    Asiatique public relations disaster? (updated)

    Easy English news

    By Terry Fredrickson

    » The opening of the 60-metre Asiatique Sky wheel at the night bazaar turned into disaster when the foreign community learned they must pay more to ride. Update: Dual pricing now rescinded

  8. 8. news | 03 Apr 2013

    N. Korea shuts joint industrial zone

    By AFP

    » SEOUL - North Korea blocked South Korean access to a key joint industrial zone Wednesday, matching its angry rhetoric with action as Washington condemned Pyongyang's "dangerous, reckless" behaviour.

  9. 9. news | 20 Apr 2013

    Severe drought in 31 provinces

    By Online Reporters

    » A total of 48 provinces nationwide have been hit by hot weather and are declared drought disaster zones, the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department reported on Saturday.

  10. 10. news | 09 May 2013

    Eight dead in new Bangladeshi textile disaster

    By AFP

    » A fire at a garment factory killed eight people Thursday in the latest disaster to hit Bangladesh's textile industry, still reeling from the death of more than 950 people in a building collapse.

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