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No more 'get out of jail free' cards, please
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 17/11/2017
» A car crash in Thailand is not just a matter of life and death. It can be a matter of status, privilege and social connections.
Victims or criminals?
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 11/06/2017
» We live in two overlapping worlds -- one is safe, the other is not. This is the motto of drug users arriving at the house in the "white zone", as they put it.
Too little, too late for Lahu traumatised by youth's killing
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 28/05/2017
» 'They pointed a gun at me," Lana whispers into my ear. It's like a confession after her attempts to tell me fragments of a happy story that sounds like her Lahu community lives in a peaceful haven -- but she hesitates when saying "they are helping to develop us".
Ebola test woman receives all-clear
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 23/08/2014
» Blood tests have cleared a 48-year-old Thai woman who was hospitalised on Thursday with suspected Ebola.
NHRC urges fast anti-mine protest probe
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 05/06/2014
» The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is pressing Loei police to speed up their investigation into an attack by armed men on anti-mine protesters in Wang Saphung district on May 15.
Govt wants all foreign visitors to be insured
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 28/06/2013
» Various state agencies have agreed in principle with the Public Health Ministry's proposal to require foreign tourists to buy travel and health insurance before arriving in Thailand.
High alert against bird flu
Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 05/04/2013
» Health units nationwide have gone on high alert against the H7N9 virus, a new strain of avian influenza, after it claimed its sixth victim in China.