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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.
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.
WHO keeps focus amid US cuts
Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 24/03/2025
» The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about the effects of United States budget cuts and policy changes, a senior WHO executive has said.
Region 'must tackle ageing population'
Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 13/09/2024
» Bali - Governments of Asia-Pacific countries are being urged to come up with plans to cope with their rapidly ageing populations, as older people are expected to comprise nearly 20% of the regional population by 2050.
Green fingers point to a healthier future for Chiang Rai's hill tribe kids
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 01/09/2019
» CHIANG RAI: Waking up early for school is difficult for most kids but not this 13-year-old ethnic Akha girl. Mallika Sae-lee, a 6th-grade student at Ban Ruam Jai School in tambon Pa Tung of Mae Chan district of Chiang Rai, arrives early every day to take care of a vegetable patch before her school's morning recitation of the national anthem.
Partial ban still impedes poll debate
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 02/09/2018
» The regime is shutting off people from political participation in refusing to completely lift the ban on political activity. It still deprives people of their rights to have access to information about how they can engage in conversation with and join a political party and how they will benefit from its policies.