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Urban planning for an ageing society
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 30/08/2024
» While smart cities are seen as providing some of the solutions to the problems thrown up by an ageing society in Thailand, the needs of the elderly should in fact be put at the heart of smart city construction, according to academics from Chulalongkorn University.
Digital TV channels want to keep licences
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 29/08/2024
» The Association of Digital Television Broadcasting (ADTEB) has urged the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) to extend their existing licences after the expiry date in 2029 to help them survive threats in the local digital TV landscape.
Siriraj Hospital Partners with Novo Nordisk for Chronic Disease Research
Published on 28/08/2024
» Novo Nordisk Pharma (Thailand) Ltd. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University. The aim is to promote collaboration in the study and research of medications for diabetes and other serious chronic diseases such as obesity and rare blood and endocrine disorders. This collaboration will also provide opportunities for patients to participate in clinical research and offers researchers more options in clinical studies. Additionally, this partnership also aims to facilitate training, joint research projects, and the exchange of innovative information and knowledge.
Art of Siam
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 28/08/2024
» Thailand's modern art era started during the reign of King Rama III when Khrua In Khong, a monk and painter at Wat Rajaburana (Wat Liap), created a mural known as the Dhamma Riddles.
Salad Factory expansion in the offing
Business, Kuakul Mornkum, Published on 27/08/2024
» Green Food Factory Co, the operator of the Salad Factory restaurant chain, aims to add branches in hospitals, focusing on health-conscious consumers and medical personnel.
Legends save lives
Life, Published on 26/08/2024
» One sunny morning in late 2004, the Moken people of the Surin Islands in the Andaman Sea witnessed an alarming phenomenon -- the seawaters suddenly receded even as the placid weather remained unchanged. For Moken elders, this was a harbinger of the Laboon, the furious god of the waves who is said to wreak devastation once every two generations. The entire community evacuated to higher ground.
Prominent virologist says mpox jabs only needed for at-risk groups
News, Post Reporters, Published on 25/08/2024
» Mpox vaccines are necessary only for at-risk groups, not the general population, as the disease is less contagious than Covid-19, according to a prominent virologist.
Chuan stresses dignity amid decline of Democrat Party
Online Reporters, Published on 23/08/2024
» Former Democrat leader Chuan Leekpai has firmly opposed the party joining the Pheu Thai-led government amid concerns over declining popularity.
Thai politics has turned upside down
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 23/08/2024
» The rise of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and the return -- and re-entry, of her father, Thaksin Shinawatra, have turned Thai politics upside down. On the surface, Mr Thaksin still dominates Thai politics nearly 20 years after he was deposed by a military coup and exiled for most of that period. This time, his political power and influence are being exercised through his daughter Ms Paetongtarn. As the Shinawatra clan has been coopted by its former establishment adversaries, the past two decades of periodic elections, street protests, two military coups, two constitutions, and multiple judicial bans on political parties and elected politicians have entered a new chapter.
Take mpox seriously
News, Editorial, Published on 22/08/2024
» From a country once considered at "almost zero risk" of an mpox outbreak, as declared by a senior health official two years ago, Thailand is now facing an increasing threat after the Department of Disease Control (DDC) confirmed yesterday that a patient who travelled to the kingdom from Africa might be infected with the more serious Clade 1b strain of the disease.