Jack Board

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Senior Correspondent at Channel NewsAsia

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Thai PM Paetongtarn visits tense border area with Cambodia offering support, but locals still fear conflict

2 weeks ago | channelnewsasia.com | Jack Board

CHONG CHOM, Surin: Amid simmering tensions at the Thailand-Cambodia border, Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Wednesday (June 11) visited the area to chair a security meeting in a high-profile show of moral support to local officials.
10 years after Nepal’s worst earthquake in decades, Himalayan region still unequipped for such disasters

2 months ago | channelnewsasia.com | Jack Board

BANGKOK: As glass windows in his room south of Kathmandu rattled violently, Shiba Subedi sprung into action. He rushed outside, struggling to stand due to the intensity of a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that was shaking the foundations of Nepal in the most earthquake-prone region on Earth. “Everyone around me was visibly frightened, struggling to maintain their balance.
Thailand’s Hua Hin set to receive international flights - can tourism take off amid traffic, water woes?

2 months ago | channelnewsasia.com | Jack Board

BANGKOK: After a years-long hiatus, the Thai beach resort city of Hua Hin could resume international flights this year following a runway upgrade, jumpstarting its tourism sector. Experts say this would help Thailand achieve its aim of developing secondary destinations, and officials including Hua Hin’s mayor welcome the prospect of drawing more international tourists.
‘Question of life and death’: NGOs in Southeast Asia fear the worst for vulnerable groups amid sharp USAID cuts

Mar 26, 2025 | channelnewsasia.com | Jack Board |Aqil Haziq Mahmud

BANGKOK/KUALA LUMPUR: When United States President Donald Trump issued an executive order to freeze nearly all foreign aid on Jan 20, on the other side of the world, Emilie Palamy Pradichit knew the decision would hit her organisation hard. Palamy Pradichit is the founder and executive director of Manushya Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) advocating for local communities and women’s rights headquartered in Bangkok.
In Pictures: Bangkok’s street food sellers are key to the city's appeal, but their days may be numbered

Mar 14, 2025 | channelnewsasia.com | Jack Board

Ms Nampueng Thong-auam and Mr Somjai Bangsuwannarat have witnessed history on many occasions from their vantage spot in central Bangkok, Thailand. For four decades, the couple have run a food cart selling grilled corn, right by a major city landmark known as Victory Monument - the site of several protests over the years. The monument, erected in 1941, commemorates Thai loss of life during a border skirmish with the French when that nation was in control of Cambodia and Laos, as well as Vietnam.
A king of the jungle, again: How conservation is helping Thailand’s wild tigers roar back

Jan 29, 2025 | channelnewsasia.com | Jack Board

Asia Concerted protection and monitoring efforts of tigers in Thailand have resulted in significant population increases, despite challenges around land use. New: You can now listen to articles. KAMPHAENG PHET, Thailand: A footprint and a pile of animal scat is the spark that sets a group of rangers on a special trek through a vast forest complex in Thailand’s deep west.
With highest household debt in Southeast Asia, can Thailand break the ‘vicious cycle’?

Jan 22, 2025 | channelnewsasia.com | Jack Board

BANGKOK: Thailand was in the very final stretches of the wet season in late 2011 when the levees broke. Bangkok was exposed to a rush of floodwaters from the north, a deluge that would engulf the capital and impact an estimated 13.6 million people. Countless homes, vehicles, businesses and fields were left in ruin. For some victims, it would take years to recover. While the water would eventually drain away, what was left in its wake was a wave of debt, as people borrowed to survive and rebuild.
Delegates at COP29 seek to secure deal on climate finance as deadline looms

Nov 22, 2024 | channelnewsasia.com | Jack Board |Claudia ChongKenneth Lim

There has been a final push for a deal in the last few hours of the COP29 summit. Delegates in Baku, Azerbaijan are proposing a new text that proposes developed nations provide US$250 billion annually by 2035. Jack Board and Claudia Lim report.
‘Bad for the world’: Southeast Asia environment leaders wary about lack of US climate leadership under Trump

Nov 21, 2024 | channelnewsasia.com | Jack Board |Claudia ChongKenneth Lim

BAKU, Azerbaijan: Southeast Asian governments will need to press on with ambitious climate change actions with or without the United States, the region’s top environment officials told CNA at the ongoing United Nations (UN) climate talks in Baku.
The planet’s largest inland sea is shrinking fast as temperatures rise

Nov 21, 2024 | channelnewsasia.com | Jack Board

Dealing with rising sea levels and flooded coastal regions is one of many talking points at the COP29 climate negotiations. But the Caspian Sea is facing the opposite problem. The body of water located between Asia and Europe is drastically receding. CNA’s climate change correspondent Jack Board gets a first-hand look at how bad the situation is.

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Articles

Thai PM Paetongtarn visits tense border area with Cambodia offering support, but locals still fear conflict

10 years after Nepal’s worst earthquake in decades, Himalayan region still unequipped for such disasters

Thailand’s Hua Hin set to receive international flights - can tourism take off amid traffic, water woes?

‘Question of life and death’: NGOs in Southeast Asia fear the worst for vulnerable groups amid sharp USAID cuts

In Pictures: Bangkok’s street food sellers are key to the city's appeal, but their days may be numbered

A king of the jungle, again: How conservation is helping Thailand’s wild tigers roar back

With highest household debt in Southeast Asia, can Thailand break the ‘vicious cycle’?

Delegates at COP29 seek to secure deal on climate finance as deadline looms

‘Bad for the world’: Southeast Asia environment leaders wary about lack of US climate leadership under Trump

The planet’s largest inland sea is shrinking fast as temperatures rise

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