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Japan asks Thai government to nurture investors, residents
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 02/05/2016
» Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida has asked the Thai government to create a conducive investment atmosphere for Japanese investors.
Same-sex parents defiant over appeal, vow to return home
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 30/04/2016
» The same-sex Spanish-American couple who on Tuesday won their high-profile custody battle against a surrogate mother who gave birth to their child, Carmen Lake, has shrugged off the possibility of an appeal by the surrogate, saying Carmen will definitely go back home.
Still Songkran-crazy
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 16/04/2016
» There was no let-up in the action on the last day of Songkran on Friday, and across the country water was still being thrown about with abandon as Thais and visitors tried to forget the worries of drought days ahead.
Govt 'ready to amend fishing law'
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 05/04/2016
» The Command Centre to Combat Illegal Fishing (CCCIF) insists the controversial new fishing law can be amended any time to ensure traditional fishing and marine ecology are protected.
Kobkarn denies water throwing ban
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 09/03/2016
» The Tourism and Sports Minister has dismissed reports the government will ban people from throwing water during the Songkran festival.
ACD lauds medical tourism
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 08/03/2016
» Thailand plans to propose medical tourism among Asian countries as a means of strengthening economic ties in the region, at the upcoming 14th ministerial meeting of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) in Bangkok, says the Foreign Ministry spokesman.
Panda campaign seeks to protect endangered animals
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 05/03/2016
» The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Thailand hopes its "save the panda" campaign will help protect endangered animals in the country.
300,000 kids 'left out of primary school'
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 25/02/2016
» The Quality Learning Foundation (QLF) will carry out a campaign to bring about 300,000 children nationwide who have been left out of primary school back into formal schooling.
Trawler men held in trafficking bust
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 29/01/2016
» Ranong: Police have seized three fishing vessels and arrested two suspects for alleged human trafficking and flouting government measures to combat unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
South Korea urges Thai rail boost
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 24/01/2016
» South Korean rail experts have urged Thailand to develop its own railway technology and reduce dependency on foreign countries.