Thai lawmakers submit motion on moving capital

Agence France-Presse: Lawmakers from Thailand's ruling political party submitted a parliamentary motion on Tuesday to begin discussions over possibly shifting the capital city to prevent future flooding chaos. Experts have said Bangkok, which is built on swampland, is slowly sinking and the floods currently besieging the city of 12 million people could be merely a foretaste of a grim future, as climate change makes its impact felt. Sataporn Maneerat, a Puea Thai party MP, told AFP that Thailand should think about......

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