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Blood donor ban upheld
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 20/09/2025
» The Central Administrative Court has ruled that the Thai Red Cross Society's refusal to accept blood donations from transgender women who were assigned male at birth is not discriminatory, citing the need to protect the safety of recipients.
From FDI to homegrown growth
Oped, Peerasit Kamnuansilpa, Published on 11/09/2025
» For decades, Thailand has leaned heavily on foreign direct investment (FDI) as the engine of growth. That strategy once delivered jobs and exports, but today it yields diminishing returns. Inflows are volatile, competitiveness is slipping, and dependence on external capital leaves the economy vulnerable to global shocks. Thailand must change course.
Phornprapha Foundation Donates Land to Strengthen Justice
Published on 10/09/2025
» Bangkok, September 10, 2025 – The Dr. Thaworn–Usa Foundation, led by Dr. Phornthep Phornprapha, Ms. Phornthiwa Phornprapha, Ms. Phornpun Phornprapha, Mr. Prakasit Phornprapha, Ms. Tanyaporn Phornprapha Tangcravakoon, and Mr. Prasootipol Phornprapha, has officially handed over a 10-rai plot of land in Pong sub-district, Bang Lamung district, Chonburi, to the Office of the Attorney General (OAG).
Funerals go green
Business, Somhatai Mosika, Published on 08/09/2025
» At a funeral, the atmosphere is often filled with grief and remembrance, and many choose to honour the deceased with condolence wreaths. Traditionally these wreaths end up in landfills, contributing to waste.
Too caring; he asked for it; crazy buffalo; polite thief
News, Mae Moo, Published on 07/09/2025
» A Khon Kaen man killed his mother after she tried to make him take antidepressant medication, police said.
Gulf donates 17m baht to families of fallen soldiers
Published on 06/09/2025
» Gulf Development Public Company Limited, led by Sitamon Ratanavadi, assistant to the deputy CEO, has donated 17 million baht to support the families of 17 soldiers killed in action, with each family receiving on million baht.
HIV patients to be transferred from scandal-plagued Thai temple
News, Online Reporters, Published on 04/09/2025
» About 200 HIV patients at Wat Phra Bat Nam Phu will be transferred to the state public health system as donations have fallen to near zero since details emerged of a financial scandal linked to former abbot Luang Phor Alongkot.
Siam Motors, Thammasat Forge EEC Education Partnership
Published on 04/09/2025
» Siam Motors Group and Thammasat University have signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance education, research, and human resource development, particularly in support of the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). The agreement was signed by Mr Prakasit Phornprapha, President of Siam Motors Co., Ltd., and Professor Dr Supasawad Chardchawarn, Rector of Thammasat University, at Club Siam Glowfish, Siam Pathumwan House, Bangkok.
Ex-National Office of Buddhism boss, actors to join temple saga
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 03/09/2025
» Actors, comedians, musicians and the former chief of the National Office of Buddhism (NOB) are on the list of witnesses to be grilled in connection with the financial dealings of Phra Alongkot, the disgraced ex-abbot of Phrabat Namphu Temple in Lop Buri.
Abbot's dramatic fall from grace
Oped, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 01/09/2025
» Faith built his empire. Fraud destroyed it. Luang Por Alongkot's fall from grace leaves Thai Buddhism reeling, demanding long-overdue reform.