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Astrologer, technologist named to caretaker Senate
Post Reporters, Published on 08/06/2024
» His Majesty the King has appointed Phanuwat Phanwichartkul and Pol Maj Gen Pisit Pao-in to succeed two senators who died recently, according to an announcement in the Royal Gazette published on June 7.
Senator Monthian Buntan dies at 58
Post Reporters, Published on 02/03/2024
» Senator Monthian Buntan has died at the age of 58, the Office of the Senate Secretariat said on Saturday.
NBTC Promotes Digital Inclusion for Persons with Disabilities
Published on 06/11/2023
» The Office of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) in Thailand hosted the International Symposium on Digital Inclusion on November 2nd and 3rd, 2023. The symposium aimed to promote the use of technology and digital platforms to enhance the rights and equality of persons with disabilities.
Signs of change as tv newsman 'Talks' to deaf
Spectrum, Published on 27/01/2013
» Bo Bo Kyaing and his colleagues at the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) are having an animated discussion at a Chiang Mai eatery. Bo Bo, deaf since he was a teenager, is using sign language, while a few of his colleagues who are not well-versed in using it, pretend to respond in kind.
Disabled need rights enforced, not just help, says UN panel's new recruit
News, Thanida Tansubhapol, Published on 23/09/2012
» A blind senator, Monthian Buntan, also the former president of the Thailand Association of the Blind, has been elected as one of the nine members of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities from 2013 to 2016. The senator talks about his mission and the benefits Thailand will get from having him sitting on the committee.
Thai senator elected to UN body
Thanida Tansubhapol, Published on 14/09/2012
» A blind Thai senator, Monthian Buntan, has been elected to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Govt backs Monthian for UN
News, Thanida Tansubhapol, Published on 03/08/2012
» The Foreign Ministry has nominated blind senator Monthian Buntan as Thailand's candidate to become a member of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities for the term 2013-2016.
A Beacon for the Blind
Life, Pinnachan Dangulavanich, Published on 20/03/2012
» The lights were dim as groups of people awkwardly made their way to the lunch tables.
Technology puts mind over body
Database, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 24/11/2010
» Quadriplegics face many obstacles, such as full or partial loss of movement and/or speech, but new technology called the Brain Computer Interface (BCI) could improve the quality of life for victims by responding to brain signals and enabling control of certain electrical devices.