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12 killed in Map Ta Phut chemical fire in Thailand
BP has already blogged (here and here) on the Supreme Administrative Court decision in 2009 upholding an injunction against 65 projects at the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate noting that Thailand’s economy will face a significant hit because of the decision. Then another post on the environmental problems at Map Ta Phut. AP: A fire caused by explosions in

Thailand investigates deadly petrochemical estate blast
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai authorities were investigating on Sunday a blast that killed 12 people and wounded at least 105 at one of the world's biggest petrochemical hubs. Explosions sparked a fire at a chemical factory at the sprawling Map Ta Phut complex - Thailand's biggest industrial estate - on Saturday, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people and workers from the area in Rayong ...

THAILAND: Mapping urban farming
A Geographical Information System (GIS) is being used to map vegetable production in the greater Bangkok region, seat of Thailand's capital, to analyse how urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) contribute to food security in the city of more than 14 million.

Thailand to check 65 plants after blast
The massive explosion at the factory of a Bangkok Synthetics subsidiary that killed 11 and injured another 129 people on Saturday has prompted the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) to exa .....

Thailand faces policy challenge: Escap
Post-flood reconstruction and new policies such as minimum wage increases could help to address both short and long term challenges that the country is facing, Escap said in its annual report.

Pattaya Mail
Bangkok, May 18, 2012 – Mr Suraphon Svetasreni, Governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), presided over the press conference ‘Promoting Thai Tourism on Digital Platforms and Mobile Applications’ at the Enigma Theatre, Siam Paragon, affirming official cooperation between the organisation and Nokia Thailand.

Explosions, fire at petrochemical plant in eastern Thailand kill 12
BANGKOK - Officials say explosions and a fire at one of the world's largest petrochemical industrial estates have killed 12 people and injured more than 100 others in eastern Thailand.

East Thailand death toll rises to at least 9, 120 injured
Bangkok (The Nation/ANN) - The death toll in the massive factory five in Map Ta Phut in Rayong, eastern Thailand rose to at least 9 and 120 people were reported injured, Rayong Governor Seni Jittakasem said Sunday. The massive fire that broke out at the Bangkok Synthetics factory in Map Ta Phut Saturday.