Saksith Saiyasombut
Thailand Correspondent at Channel NewsAsia
🇹🇭 Thailand Correspondent @ChannelNewsAsia. As seen on TV. Coffeeless journalist. Nordisch by Nature.
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4 weeks ago |
channelnewsasia.com | Saksith Saiyasombut
BANGKOK: As the new school year in Thailand enters its second week, students are finally getting what some feel are long-overdue changes. Crew cuts for boys and bobs for girls have been part of a regimental practice that has persisted for decades in Thai schools, after a directive was issued in 1975 when the country was governed by a military dictatorship. This has been strictly enforced by some school personnel.
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1 month ago |
channelnewsasia.com | Saksith Saiyasombut
Asia Developers and suppliers have come under scrutiny as authorities investigate how the high-rise was the only building in Bangkok to have crumbled. New: You can now listen to articles. BANGKOK: A month after an unfinished 30-storey skyscraper toppled following a 7.7-magnitude earthquake in neighbouring Myanmar, investigations into the cause of the collapse are still ongoing.
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2 months ago |
channelnewsasia.com | Saksith Saiyasombut |Leong Wai Kit
Regional leaders are gathered in Thailand for the BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) summit, which could see a widely speculated meeting taking place between India's prime minister and Bangladesh's chief adviser. Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra welcomed her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi with a guard of honour, before holding delegation-level talks.
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2 months ago |
channelnewsasia.com | Saksith Saiyasombut
Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has pledged support for rescue efforts at a Bangkok construction site where a 30-storey building collapsed following the strong earthquake in Myanmar last week. Government officials say they are ready to provide extra equipment and assistance, while emergency crews continue to search for 78 people who are missing. CNA's Saksith Saiyasombut reports from Bangkok.
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Mar 28, 2025 |
channelnewsasia.com | Saksith Saiyasombut
Myanmar's military leader has made a rare plea after a powerful earthquake on Mar 28 left at least three people dead. A state of emergency has also been declared across six regions. The earthquake hit 16 kilometres northwest of the city of Sagaing, caught up in years of civil war. The US Geological Survey put quake the magnitude at 7.7, at a depth of 10 kilometres. A 6.4-magnitude aftershock hit the same area minutes later.
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