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Unesco 'rip-offs' spur probe
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 16/07/2025
» The permanent secretary of the Culture Ministry has ordered a probe into allegations swirling online that Cambodia tried to nominate 22 Thai literary works as Unesco Cultural Heritage in 2008.
Korat Zoo has Thailand's first Aldabra giant tortoise hatchlings
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 21/05/2025
» Korat Zoo has welcomed the arrival of 11 hatchlings of the Aldabra giant tortoise, the first zoo in Thailand to successfully breed the species.
Mortgage rejection rates expected to remain high
Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 10/04/2025
» Mortgage rejection rates are anticipated to remain elevated due to persistent global economic headwinds, though eased loan-to-value (LTV) limits and lower fees may help support a recovery in the housing market, according to banks and developers.
Reintegrating lost youth
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 07/04/2025
» Ruswadee Sa-i stopped going to school after completing lower secondary education at 15. However, he was considered too young to get a job, so for the next three years, he ended up hanging out with friends and helped his mum with household chores. Then, a knock on his door changed the course of his life. It was a youth worker who had come across his mum and worried about her son's limbo.
Cut from the same cloth
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 07/04/2025
» A second-hand sewing machine hums from a two-storey house in a remote village in Ra-ngae district of Narathiwat. Rahimah Saud has been at the helm since her early 20s. Going through seasons of life, the 49-year-old single mother is now sharing the spinning wheel with her daughters.
Developers want urgent support
Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 14/03/2025
» Residential developers want swift implementation of property measures, including cuts to transfer and mortgage fees and eased lending curbs, while calling on banks to reduce interest rates by 0.25%, the level of the policy rate reduction, instead of 0.05% to 0.10%.
Freed Thai hostages ‘won’t be going back’
Post Reporters, Published on 11/02/2025
» After arriving home safely over the weekend, the five Thai nationals who were held captive by Hamas in Gaza for over a year thanked everyone involved in securing their freedom and insisted they would not be returning to work overseas.
Pollution control areas to be designated
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/02/2025
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has authorised all 50 district offices to announce pollution control areas to control sources of particulate matter up to 2.5 microns or PM2.5.
Transforming Diabetes Care: Thai-Danish Collaboration Leads the Way
Published on 24/01/2025
» The Danish Embassy in Thailand, under the leadership of H.E. Mr. Danny Annan, Ambassador of Denmark to Thailand and Cambodia, hosted a pivotal session that marked a significant milestone in international healthcare collaboration. The event, following a visit by a Thai health delegation to Denmark from November 19-21, 2024, brought together key stakeholders to explore innovative strategies for diabetes management and public health transformation with eleven Thai government officials embarked on this journey with a clear mission: to explore cutting-edge diabetes management strategies, innovative health reimbursement models, and the potential of public-private partnerships in healthcare.
BMA and Bayer Thai Present 'Healthy Up! Run 2024'
Published on 24/12/2024
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has partnered with Bayer Thai Co., Ltd. to host the "Healthy Up! Run 2024," a health-focused event scheduled for December 22, 2024, at Benchakitti Park in Bangkok. Organised in honour of His Majesty the King’s 6th cycle birthday, the initiative aims to inspire the public to prioritise health and well-being through an engaging walk-run event and educational discussions. It also aligns with Bangkok’s 20-year development plan to establish a “Healthy City” and Bayer’s mission of “Health for All, Hunger for None.”