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Calls mount to cut red tape for migrants
News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 28/08/2018
» Obscure procedures and overlapping government authorities and agencies are still the main obstacles to granting Thai nationality to children of migrants in Thailand, participants at a seminar on the topic on Monday suggested.
Attitude blamed for rising domestic violence deaths
News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 24/08/2018
» The public should stop perceiving physical abuse as a common component of domestic affairs, a seminar was told on Thursday. Speakers called on witnesses to intervene to help prevent deaths from domestic violence.
PM offers help to canal locals
News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 09/08/2018
» Phetchaburi: Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has urged residents who will be affected by land expropriation under the government's canal expansion scheme in the province to make a sacrifice for the public good, saying they would be eligible for compensation.
The perils of big hydro
News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 05/08/2018
» The collapse of a saddle dam in the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydroelectric power project in Attapeu province in Laos on July 22, unleashed a massive volume of floodwater which inundated villages in the province.
Captain Tait strikes blow for women in uniform
News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 31/07/2018
» The Tham Luang cave rescue mission not only brought attention to 12 boys and their football coach, but also shone a spotlight on Captain Jessica Tait, a US Air Force officer who became a public sweetheart when she appeared as the spokesperson for the 353rd Special Operations Group sent to participate in the rescue operation in Chiang Rai.
The great rail dilemma
News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 22/07/2018
» Being erected along green fields in the outback of Vientiane, where Lao farmers still busily grow rice, are a great number of meticulously situated colossal concrete columns waiting to support a high-speed railway which will connect China with Laos and change this agrarian society into a prosperous economy. Or so they say.
Media behaviour comes under fire
Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 10/07/2018
» In the race to be the first to get their hands on news and photos of the operation to extract 12 boys and their coach from Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai's Mae Sai district, some media crossed the line in their attempts to obtain information.
Followers' faith in busted monk strong as ever
News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 10/06/2018
» Frequent visitors to Wat Sam Phraya and disciples of former abbot Phra Phrom Dilok still believe in the innocence of the former abbot even though he has been charged with temple fund embezzlement.
Anek coy over support for Prayut return
News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 02/06/2018
» The Action Coalition for Thailand (ACT) is set to hold its inaugural meeting on Sunday but prominent member Anek Laothamatas is remaining cautious as to whether it will support Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha as an outsider prime minister after the general election.
Disruptive tech 'must be facilitated'
News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 15/05/2018
» Thailand must act as a facilitator to survive in the age of technological disruption rather than play the role of strict regulator and potentially hamper innovation, PM's Office Minister Kobsak Pootrakul said at a conference Monday.