The kayaking season has opened in the marine sanctuary of Kung Kraben Bay in Thailand; an enchanting coastal haven, only about 200 kilometers from the bustling metropolis of Bangkok.

Penn State researchers and their international collaborators have discovered a diversity of corals harboring unusual species of symbiotic algae in the warm waters of the Andaman Sea in the northeastern Indian Ocean.

Text of report in English by Thai newspaper Bangkok Post website on 23 September [Report by Apinya Wipatayotin: "SINO-THAI COOPERATION: Joint monsoon study agreed"] Scientists from Thailand and China will jointly study the monsoon and cyclone pattern in the Andaman sea in the hope of better forecasting weather in the region.

By JAMES SCOTT THE heat hit us like a wall as we stepped off the plane on to the tarmac of Bangkok airport. It was just after 6.30am and the temperature was already nudging 30C.

Text of report by Norway-based Burmese Democratic Voice of Burma on 18 May The Independent Mon News Agency has announced that dengue hemorrhagic fever has claimed the lives of at least eight children while almost 600 children have been hospitalized in Mon State.