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Uncle SMS 'died of liver cancer'
AFP, Published on 09/05/2012
» Convicted lese majeste prisoner Ampon Tangnoppakul, or Ah Kong, who also became known as "Uncle SMS", probably died from liver cancer, preliminary autopsy results showed on Wednesday.
Lese Majeste prisoner Ampon dies in jail
Online Reporters, Published on 08/05/2012
» Ampon Tangnoppakul, alias Ah Kong, alias Uncle SMS, was pronounced dead on Tuesday morning after passing away in a Bangkok prison hospital where he was being treated for acute stomachache. He was 61.
Boozing altruist a 'Kindly Killer'
News, Jim Algie, Published on 06/05/2012
» What sort of person leans over a sub-machine gun bolted to the floor, takes aim at a target on a white curtain in front of a condemned man strapped to a cross, and then pumps 10 to 15 bullets into his back?
Mae Wong dam draws flak
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 12/04/2012
» Environmental activists have strongly opposed the cabinet's approval for the construction of Mae Wong dam in Nakhon Sawan.
Paiboon Wattanasiritham dies
Online Reporters, Published on 09/04/2012
» Paiboon Wattanasiritham, former deputy prime minister and well-known social worker, died of pancreatic cancer on Monday afternoon at the age of 71, doctors at Chulalongkorn Hospital said.
Health ministry pushes for free HPV shots for girls
News, Apiradee Treerutkuarkul, Published on 08/04/2012
» The Public Health Ministry will ask the cabinet to approve free HPV vaccinations for young girls.
Doctor says Thailand should match WHO's pollution standard
News, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 08/04/2012
» A doctor providing medical care to haze-affected patients in the North has called for an adjustment to the pollution safety standard.
Many activists at Piromya's funeral
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 19/03/2012
» Hundreds of leading and veteran social and political activists showed up at the cremation of Piromya Bhumisak on Monday afternoon, paying tribute to the only sister of Thailand's great ideologist Jit Bhumisak, whose works and life inspired democracy movements around the country for 50 years.
Amorn's healthy dose of obstinacy improves the lives of millions of Thais
News, Apiradee Treerutkuarkul, Published on 18/03/2012
» Former public health permanent secretary Amorn Nondasuta is the pioneer and driving force behind the community health volunteers initiative which he began three decades ago. Today there are over one million health volunteers in communities around the country. At the age of 72, he is still actively involved in primary healthcare development in rural areas.
Privy councillor Sawad dies
News, Published on 14/03/2012
» Privy Councillor Sawad Wattanayagorn passed away yesterday. He was 77.