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Kids drawn to vaping despite proven health risks
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 16/04/2024
» They can look harmlessly cute, coming in bright cartoon-like colours and with various tempting flavours.
Govt urged to further aid young mums
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 11/01/2024
» The problem of underage pregnancies can't be ignored amid national efforts addressing declining fertility rates, an expert in education and child development has said.
Online help for cannabis businesses
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 13/01/2021
» The Ministry of Public Health will next month launch a website to encourage the development of cannabis for medicinal purposes.
Nuclear reactor saga rumbles on
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/07/2020
» Thailand's mission to develop a research nuclear reactor to replace the small 58-year-old reactor in Bangkok has been delayed for two decades with the latest attempt to rekindle the project also facing fresh hurdles.
Pareena land case plots a legal minefield
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 16/12/2019
» All eyes are now on law enforcement officers over whether there will be "double standards" in their handling of an alleged forest land encroachment case by Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) MP Pareena Kraikupt.
Calls mount for fairer land distribution
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/01/2019
» Land ownership will emerge as a challenge for the new government in 2019 as calls for equal land distribution grow louder.
Land lease protest starts to heat up
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 27/04/2017
» Activists from the Network of Special Economic Zone Watch pledged Wednesday to petition the Administrative Court to interpret whether the eastern special economic development zone bill has been drafted correctly, if the government refuses to consider hosting a public hearing on it.
P-move opposes 99-year leases for foreign investors
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/04/2017
» Supporters of the People's Movement for a Just Society, also known as P-move, have threatened to rally in front of Government House to protest against the cabinet's resolution allowing foreign investors to lease government land in the eastern special economic development zone for up to 99 years.
TDRI urges government to tackle graft
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 07/02/2017
» The government should show the world it is committed to wiping out corruption swiftly as it could improve the country's ranking in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), according to Somkiat Tangkitvanich, president of the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI).
Scholar says NCPO must tackle poverty
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/04/2016
» The only way to eradicate poverty is through reform, but the military-led government has failed to begin the reform process and is leaving change up to the next elected government, Thammasat University lecturer Thirayuth Boonmee says.