Resort operators in Wang Nam Khieo district in Nakhon Ratchasima province, a popular holiday spot where several resorts face charges of encroaching upon public forest land, have welcomed Deputy Agricultural Minister Thamanat Prompow's proposal to let them rent Sor Por Kor land plots.
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Supoj's inmate rehab panel appointment 'disgusting'
The Anti-Corruption Organisation of Thailand (ACT) says it is opposed to the appointment of former permanent secretary for transport, Supoj Saplom, to a sub-committee developing a project to rehabilitate prison inmates.
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The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) have set up a committee to investigate the demolition of a 127-year-old building in the northern province of Phrae.
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The ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) has declared victory in the by-election which was held on Saturday in Lampang's Constituency 4 after its candidate was leading the closest rival from the Seri Ruamthai Party by over 24,000 votes in an unofficial vote count.
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Bid to spay monkeys under way
Wildlife officials have kicked off an annual scheme to neuter 500 monkeys living in historic sites of Lop Buri province to control the increasingly aggressive animals.
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Lay of the land 'murky'
Sor Por Kor land -- the degraded forest tracts that the government gives to poor farmers -- has always courted controversy.
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