Nine-minute miss costs CP Bt290-billion projectBy THE NATION  The court heard a testimony from the five petitioners that they had missed the 3-pm deadline for the formal submission by a mere nine minutes due to traffic congestion. The Central Administrative Court today ruled against a construction...

Chikungunya virus has mutated offering greater risk, warns doctorBy The Nation Photo Courtesy of Dr Manoon Leechawengwongs FC (facebook.com/604030819763686/) Dr Manoon Leechawengwongs, a respiratory and critical care specialist at Bangkok’s Vichaiyut Hospital, went online to warn Bangkok residents...

Plastics maker Indorama commits $1.5 billion to recyclingBy Chayut Setboonsarng FILE PHOTO: Aloke Lohia, CEO of Indorama Ventures, talks during a Reuters interview at a hotel at Bangkok, Thailand, February 27, 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai chemicals company Indorama Ventures...

Kenyan, Nigerian charged with smuggling cokeBy Kornkamon AksorndechThe Nation  A Kenyan trying to enter Thailand was arrested at Suvarnabhumi International Airport this week after it was allegedly discovered he’d swallowed 68 capsules of cocaine weighing a combined 1,200 grams. A Nigerian who...