In the Thai capital of Bangkok, traffic is an unpleasant fact of life year-round, reports Worldfocus partner Al Jazeera English.
All Posts Tagged With: "infrastructure"
Video
August 14, 2009
Thailand’s commuters face unending gridlock
Perspectives
May 11, 2009
Thailand’s Skytrain rides high; sets example for Asian transit
Thailand's Skytrain opened in 1999, in an effort to relieve the country's crowded roads and frequent traffic jams. A Worldfocus contributing blogger writes that despite continued economic and political troubles, Thailand has worked to improve infrastructure and its mass transit system sets an example for neighboring Asian countries.
Blogwatch
May 7, 2009
China releases student death toll in Sichuan earthquake
Officials in China have released the names of 5,335 children who died in the devastating earthquake in Sichuan Province last year, many of them in classrooms that crumbled in the quake. Parents and activists disputed the findings.
Perspectives
March 23, 2009
Food instability and poor infrastructure affect Liberians
Though the civil war ended years ago, Liberia remains politically and economically unstable -- and more may suffer as food and fuel prices rise around the world. A Worldfocus contributing blogger encounters a trio of problems in Liberia: food, money and transportation.
Perspectives
March 12, 2009
Tajikistan weathers energy, food shortages through winter
Hundreds of people in Tajikistan died in the cold or went hungry last winter due to electricity shortages and crop devastation. A Worldfocus contributing blogger writes from Tajikistan to describe the conditions that the country's people still endure.
Blogwatch
February 26, 2009
Corruption, deprivation and faulty infrastructure plague Iraq
Despite a reduction in violence and democratic elections in Iraq, the U.S. Department of State’s recently-released report on conditions in Iraq throughout 2008 stated that there is “widespread, severe corruption at all levels of government.”
Perspectives
February 25, 2009
Rumors circulate in Liberia that water will turn to blood
A Worldfocus contributing blogger writes that Liberia's water supply -- already crippled by the country's civil war -- has been further harmed by superstition and rumors.
Blogwatch
December 5, 2008
Brazil recovers from its own “Hurricane Katrina”
Floods in southern Brazil killed at least 117 and drove more than 100,000 from their homes.
Blogwatch
November 12, 2008
Hurricanes raze Haitian infrastructure; second school falls
A school partially collapsed in Haiti today, the second in a week. After suffering four hurricanes in the space of a month, Haitian infrastructure is in decay.
Signature Series
November 7, 2008
Brazil Today: Religion, ethanol and roads
"Brazil Today" is a series that explores Brazil's spiking conversion to Pentecostalism, its pioneering path toward energy independence and its improving - but expensive - roadways.
