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Pai Dao Din's father vows to seek justice amid uncertainty
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 25/06/2017
» Jatupat Boonpattararaksa, or Pai Dao Din, may have passed the last subject of his undergraduate course last Friday, but no one knows if he will be able to celebrate his graduation with friends at the end of this year.
Clampdown on free speech dooms reform, activists say
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 21/11/2014
» Consumer rights activists are warning they must be allowed to speak out on behalf of the public or national reforms will fail.
Mae Song cadmium clean-up promised
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 01/10/2014
» The Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (Onep) has vowed to enforce strict legal measures to eradicate cadmium contamination in the Mae Tao river basin.
Evicted Karen villagers take their fight to court
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 04/09/2014
» Karen villagers accused of encroachment in Kaeng Krachan National Park have launched a lawsuit against the authorities.
Thai teenage pregnancy rate rising
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 09/09/2014
» Thailand will not overcome its growing problem of teenage pregnancy without collaboration from all sectors of society, health experts said yesterday at a national conference.
Baraku operators complain their livelihoods are up in smoke
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 08/09/2014
» Baraku or shisha service operators at pubs and restaurants along Bangkok's busy tourist streets are outraged over the National Council for Peace and Order order to ban the import of the Middle-Eastern style hookah pipe, a device used to smoke baraku, a tobacco-type product.
Water plan goes before the public
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 08/09/2014
» The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) will host seminars to "listen to problems" from the North, Central and Eastern regions this month on a draft for a water management roadmap, officials say.
Activists issue alert on 'toxic' gold mine
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 11/09/2014
» Environmental activists say they have discovered harmful levels of heavy metals near a gold and copper mine in Loei's Wang Sapung district, but the mine operator insists this is a natural occurrence and mining is not the cause.
Suicide rates 'peak in northern provinces'
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 10/09/2014
» The suicide rate is highest in the northern provinces, with Lamphun ranked at the top while Pattani is the lowest, according to an official survey.
Karen evictions illegal, rights group says
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 21/09/2014
» The eviction of Karen villagers from Kaeng Krachan National Park in 2011 was illegal, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has ruled.