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Lawlessness hits South
News, Published on 07/10/2025
» An armed and violent gold shop robbery at a Big C shopping mall in Narathiwat on Sunday has shifted much-needed attention towards security and public safety issues in restive southern provinces.
UN rights council launches probe into violations in Afghanistan
AFP, Published on 06/10/2025
» GENEVA - The UN Human Rights Council decided on Monday to launch a probe into serious rights violations in Afghanistan, amid growing alarm over the Taliban's measures targeting women and girls.
Edwards Lifesciences Launches Groundbreaking Transcatheter Heart Valve Technology in Thailand
Published on 06/10/2025
» New innovation marks a major step toward reducing Thailand’s healthcare burden as 80% of cardiovascular diseases are preventable.1,2
Retirement age vexes
Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/10/2025
» Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul recently floated the idea of extending the mandatory retirement age for civil servants from 60 to 65 years old. Though this idea is not new, the fact the proposal comes directly from the prime minister gives it enough political weight to make state agencies take the idea seriously.
Tackling mental health woes
Editorial, Published on 05/10/2025
» With millions of Thais suffering from or at risk of serious mental disorders, it is undeniable that mental health problems have become a crisis demanding urgent action.
Rival rallies in Madagascar follow deadly Gen Z protests
AFP, Published on 04/10/2025
» ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar - Backers and foes of Madagascar’s cornered government staged rival rallies in the capital Antananarivo on Saturday following days of fatal youth-led protests that the president has termed a coup bid.
Japan's bruised ruling party to pick yet another leader
AFP, Published on 04/10/2025
» TOKYO — Japan's ruling party began voting Saturday to choose its fifth leader in as many years, charged with reviving its flagging fortunes as a new anti-immigration grouping snaps at its heels.
Designingage-friendly cities
Life, Published on 04/10/2025
» 'Over 45% of all districts across the country have already entered a completely aged society. Three districts with the highest ratio of seniors are in Bangkok," said Assoc Prof Niramon Serisakul, director of the Urban Design and Development Centre (UDDC).
India's economy is stronger than Trump thinks
News, Published on 04/10/2025
» India has long benefited from geopolitical arbitrage, maintaining working relationships with Russia, the United States, and Europe. But this delicate balancing act is now being tested by a series of policy shocks delivered by US President Donald Trump's administration. These disruptions, unlikely to ease anytime soon, raise a critical question: Can India retain its status as the world's fastest-growing major economy?
In an Irish memorial, I see echoes of Palestine
Oped, Published on 03/10/2025
» The figures by the River Liffey in Dublin are more clothes than flesh. The Famine Memorial, created by Rowan Gillespie, holds in bronze a moment of suffering, the settling in of the Great Hunger, which would cut Ireland's population by more than a quarter, the gone either dead or emigrated.