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The view on Pinklao district from an elevated road on the Western side of the Chao Praya river, one day after the tides reached on all-time high, fully flooding the district on October 30, 2011 (Photo by Saksith Saiyasombut)

The Thai floods and the geographics of perception – Part 1: No water in the Bangkok you’re thinking of!

By Siam Voices Tue, Nov 22, 2011 6:00PM UTC View Comments

By Saksith Saiyasombut Thailand is currently suffering the what has been often billed as the worst floods “in decades”. And looking at the immense inundated areas, the not yet foreseeable damage and the human suffering with millions of people being affected by this force of nature, it surely is a sobering sight. Even though the...

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Thai floods: Families flee outskirts of Bangkok – A photo essay

By Siam Voices Sun, Oct 23, 2011 4:02PM UTC View Comments

A brother sits beside his sister on a homemade raft. (Photo by Ryan Van Velzer)

By Ryan van Velzer (guest contributor) While residents in Bangkok brace for the flood, those in Rangsit are already dealing with the aftermath as the flood moved south breaking an embankment near Khlong 2 and Pahon Yothin, Friday Oct. 21. Walking along Pahon Yothin road it doesn’t take long to notice the impact of the...

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Thai flood: Giving and receiving in a time of crisis – A photo essay

By Siam Voices Fri, Oct 14, 2011 11:30AM UTC View Comments

By Lillian Suwanrumpha A day after Yingluck Shinawatra’s administration implemented the Flood-Relief Operation Command at Don Muang Airport in an effort to alleviate Thailand’s worst natural disaster in 50 years, a call to action was sounded through media outlets for volunteers to help sort and pack supplies on the ground floor below the “war room”....

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US sends aid to flood-stricken North Korea

By AP News Sat, Sep 03, 2011 6:15AM UTC View Comments

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States sent a plane loaded with a small but symbolic shipment of emergency aid that was due to arrive in flood-stricken North Korea on Saturday, in the latest sign of a thaw in relations between the countries. A cargo plane departed Friday from the U.S. packed with $...

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North Korean video shows flooding from heavy rains

By AP News Sat, Jul 30, 2011 9:45AM UTC View Comments

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Heavy rains in recent days inundated rice fields in North Korea and parts of a border city in a country vulnerable to flooding damage. North Korean state media have said the country is suffering “seriously” from flooding that has affected areas including North and South Hwanghae, Kangwon and South Hamgyoung...

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