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Dec 1 hearing set in CP Foods suit against activist
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/10/2025
» NONTHABURI - The Nonthaburi Provincial Court has set Dec 1 for pretrial evidence examination in a closely watched criminal defamation suit filed by Charoen Pokphand Foods Plc (CPF) against an environmental activist.
7,300 tonnes of blackchin tilapia removed to date
News, Published on 15/10/2025
» About 7,300 tonnes of invasive blackchin tilapia have been removed from natural water sources and aquaculture ponds across 19 affected provinces, Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Capt Thamanat Prompow said.
CPF suit against Biothai a test case for transparency
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/10/2025
» As Thailand faces mounting environmental challenges, a legal battle between agribusiness giant Charoen Pokphand Foods Plc (CPF) and civil society organisation Biothai has become a test case for transparency, accountability and the boundaries of public debate.
Tilapia saga resurfaces
News, Editorial, Published on 20/09/2025
» The issue of non-native Blackchin tilapia fish in Thai waterways has returned to public attention after a public prosecutor last week indicted environmental activist Witoon Lianchamroon, founder of BIOTHAI, in a criminal court for allegedly defaming agro titan Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF).
Universities hope to lower farmers' carbon footprint
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/08/2025
» The Agricultural Research Development Agency (Arda) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with five universities to promote low-carbon agriculture across key crops and livestock.
Thailand makes fresh proposals to reduce US tariff pain
Published on 16/07/2025
» Thai officials were preparing to present fresh proposals to their US counterparts in trade talks scheduled for Wednesday night Thailand time, the latest effort by the country to avoid a 36% tariff threatened by President Donald Trump.
Thailand mulls zero duty for more US goods to win tariff deal
Published on 14/07/2025
» Thailand is weighing allowing zero-duty market access for more US goods to help persuade the Trump administration to lower a threatened 36% tariff on its exports.
The allure of fast merit
Life, Published on 14/04/2025
» Making merit by releasing fish is a popular activity among Thai people because it is believed that releasing fish will extend life, help them live a good life and prevent sickness. Since people nowadays do not have much time to buy fish at the market, some vendors prepare fish in plastic bags and sell them at temples or places of merit-making, so that people can conveniently buy and release them in a pond nearby.
Censure theatrics
Oped, Postbag, Published on 29/03/2025
» Re: "Political experts split on censure outcome", (BP, March 26).
Fish crisis needs action
Oped, Editorial, Published on 26/03/2025
» It is a positive development for local fishermen that the problem of invasive blackchin tilapia has returned to the public's attention courtesy of the censure debate against Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra.