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THAILAND

Safety measures ramped up before Chinese New Year

News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 16/02/2026

» The government has instructed local authorities across the country to ramp up safety measures ahead of the Lunar New Year festival, with a focus on preventing fires, reducing traffic accidents and curbing air pollution.

THAILAND

PCD on oil wreck watch

News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 15/02/2026

» The government has instructed the Pollution Control Department (PCD) to intensify monitoring after the cargo vessel SEALLOYD ARC sank off the coast of Phuket.

THAILAND

NHRC urges more talks on plans for historic Chiang Mai weirs

News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 18/01/2026

» The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has warned that plans to dismantle or modify three historic weirs in Chiang Mai could risk violating water and cultural rights, urging authorities to hold further public consultations before proceeding.

OPINION

Time to restart peace talks in the far South

Oped, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 16/01/2026

» The series of coordinated bomb attacks at 11 PTT petrol stations in Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat in the early hours of Sunday is a warning sign that southern unrest is enduring and can flare up at any moment.

THAILAND

All is quiet on Cambodia border front

News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 01/01/2026

» No exchanges of heavy weapons or direct confrontations were reported between Monday and yesterday morning, despite the expiry of a 72-hour ceasefire, says the Second Army Region.

THAILAND

Flood committee 'not needed'

Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 06/12/2025

» Opposition leader Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut, party‑list MP and head of the People's Party (PP), has issued an open letter to Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul criticising the government's decision to form a committee to draw lessons from the recent flooding, arguing the move is inappropriate.

THAILAND

Parit challenges function of state-run executive courses

Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 06/12/2025

» Parit Wacharasindhu, list-MP and spokesperson for the People's Party, has questioned the value of state-run executive training courses, arguing that they have increasingly become venues for networking rather than genuine learning.

THAILAND

Push to reopen North Korean abduction case

News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 02/12/2025

» A human rights group is calling on the Thai government to revive efforts to resolve the case of Anocha Panjoy, a Chiang Mai native abducted by North Korean agents in 1978.

THAILAND

Overcoming that temptation to light up

News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 20/11/2025

» A Malaysian survivor of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has shared his experience of his decades-long struggle with smoking cigarettes and the health scare that finally convinced him to quit.

THAILAND

Lung diseases kill yet remain overlooked

News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 18/11/2025

» A senior representative from the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged all stakeholders -- governments, clinicians, journalists and advocates -- to confront chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs), particularly Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), in the lead-up to World COPD Day on Wednesday.