Khon Kaen, Thailand News

It is now official that 10 out of 25 patients undergoing cataract surgery at the Khon Kaen Hospital in midDecember have lost sight in one of their eyes.

Three more patients face partial blindness after undergoing cataract surgery at Khon Kaen Hospital.

Information and Communication Technology Minister Ranongruk Suwunchwee has assigned TOT Plc to improve the quality of its third-generation mobile broadband service within 90 days.

KHON KAEN : A student has been arrested for allegedly stealing over 90 antique objects from the Khon Kaen National Museum early this month.

The Interior Ministrya s minimum wage committee has agreed to a raise in the minimum daily wage for workers in 71 provinces of 1-8 baht, permanent secretary and panel chairman Somchai Chumrat said on Friday.

The red shirts held a mass rally in Khon Kaen on Thursday to protest the inspection trip of Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij, prompting the security beef-up by 1,000 policemen to keep peace.

More than 200,000 debtors have registered for the government's refinance scheme, state bank officials revealed on Sunday.

Khon Kaen National Museum lost almost 100 artefacts in a theft believed to conducted between December 4 and 5. Police suspected thieves entered the museum during the day as visitors and staying on and stealing the objects during the night.

A Bangkok taxi driver has returned cash and valuables worth about 200,000 baht left in his cab by three foreign passengers.

Khon Kaen, Thailand, Dec 4 : India's Rahil Gangjee and Harmeet Kahlon produced one of their best rounds so far to share the second spot after midway stage of the King's Cup golf tournament here.

New facility in Koh Kong province will produce sugar for export to Europe from May, says manager at Thailand-based company Chamroon Chinthammit, Khon Kaen Sugar Industry Pcl president, stands outside the company's Bangkok office.

Robinson Department Store Plc will speed up its expansion plan for the upcoming economic recovery by investing 3 billion to 4 billion baht in another eight new projects over the next three years.

Mitr Phol Sugar Corp will next year invest billions of baht in heat-resistant bioplastics, as part of the its strategy to maximise the value of its core business - sugar.

The Third International Conference on Lao Studies will be held from July 14 to 16, 2010 in Khon Kaen, Thailand to promote Lao studies.

Property firm Preuksa Real Estate has set aside nearly Bt8 billion for the purchase of 50 plots of land, construction of a prefabrication plant and investment in the Maldives next year, president and CEO Thongma Vijitpongpun told a press conference yesterday.

A young child in the habit of failing school exams is too often assumed to be having problems in the classroom.

Over 2,000 persons covered by universal health care insurance in Khon Kaen province have called the National Health Security Office to transfer their privileges from private hospitals to state hospitals after receiving poor quality of medical services for more than five years.

A gateway to Vientiane and Laos, Nong Khai is a delightful destination endowed with fertile paddies, abundant fish, natural and manmade attractions skirting the Mekong River.

Questions, questions and more questions. There seems to be at lease one question on every Thai's mind particularly in a digital era where information can flow quickly, easily and very freely.

Red-shirts hurled plastic bags containing smelly, fermented fish, or pla ra, at Social Development and Human Security Issara Somchai when he visited Khon Kaena s Chum Phae district on Friday afternoon.