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Bogus ‘healers’ could face legal action
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/05/2024
» The Ministry of Public Health has warned people who claim to have healing powers that they can face charges with jail terms of up to eight years.
Plastic use soars after dine-in ban
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 09/04/2020
» Single-use plastic bags are making a comeback as a result of the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Illegal wood puts temple on the brink
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 09/12/2017
» The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is considering whether to revoke a temple's licence to stay in a forest in Muang district of Kanchanaburi after it was found to be in possession of illegally processed wood.
Scripture schools feed dreams
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 09/09/2017
» Buddhist-oriented "scripture schools" are often the only source of education for young boys from impoverished families in Thailand that cannot afford a state education, but these traditional teaching bases have for years suffered from neglect and a lack of funding.
'Ordinary' environment chiefs demoted
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/09/2017
» Four department chiefs at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment have been removed from their posts after their performance was described as too "ordinary".
Forest Department insists temple took forest land
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/09/2015
» The Royal Forest Department (RFD) insists it granted a temple in Nakhon Ratchasima's Sung Noen rights to use only 10 rai of forest, as the temple and department argue over whether it has illegally taken forest land.
Army probes monks in trespass case
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/09/2015
» A task force will inspect a monastery in Nakhon Ratchasima today after an investigation found it had encroached on more than 2,600 rai of forest.
Selection of new Supreme Patriarch to begin after funeral rites conclude
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 27/10/2013
» The process to select the new Supreme Patriarch is expected to get under way after the conclusion of the funeral ceremony for His Holiness Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara.