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Refugees face deepening crisis
Editorial, Published on 16/02/2025
» US President Donald Trump's abrupt suspension of USAID funding has left more than 80,000 refugees in Thailand adrift without essential medical care. Clinics have shut their doors. Medicines are running out. Lives are now hanging in the balance.
Child migrants rescued from begging ring in Bangkok
Online Reporters, Published on 15/02/2025
» Three young foreign girls were rescued during a police crackdown on a panhandling operation in the Asok area of Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok on Friday night.
Court approves Thaksin’s Brunei trip
Online Reporters, Published on 15/02/2025
» The Criminal Court has approved Thaksin Shinawatra’s request to attend an Asean meeting in Brunei on Tuesday and Wednesday, the second time the former prime minister has been allowed to leave Thailand, after placing a 5-million-baht cash surety.
Task force to probe inferior products
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 15/02/2025
» The Commerce Ministry has set up a task force to intensify market inspections of substandard products across the country.
Crackdown nets 2 foreign criminals
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 15/02/2025
» A Turkish and a Nigerian national have been arrested separately in Phuket.
Shares advance amid hope for tariff negotiations
Business, Published on 15/02/2025
» RECAP: Most Asian equities advanced yesterday as markets reacted positively to news that reciprocal US tariffs may be weeks from coming into effect, raising the prospect for negotiations.
Calling time on ban 'not a disease risk'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/02/2025
» The Ministry of Public Health said this week the government's policy to lift the sales ban on alcoholic beverages currently in place daily between 2pm and 5pm as well as on Buddhist holy days does not contradict the ministry's efforts to promote the prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) as a national agenda item.
Plan to set up temporary camps ready
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/02/2025
» The Ministry of Interior will join hands with The Border Consortium (TBC) in Thailand to set up temporary refugee camps along the border with Myanmar in accordance with humanitarian principles.
Russian drone hits Chernobyl but no radiation detected
AFP, Published on 14/02/2025
» KYIV - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that a Russian drone had struck a cover built to contain radiation at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, adding that radiation levels were normal.
Redefining family
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 14/02/2025
» Since Thailand's equal marriage law took effect last month, thousands of LGBTI couples have been granted the right to start family life. The enactment of this legal milestone, along with push for an amendment to surrogacy, is paving the way for redefining what a family is.