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4 EEC projects worth B470bn get nod
News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 31/10/2018
» CHIANG RAI: The cabinet has endorsed four infrastructure investment projects worth a combined 470 billion baht under the government's flagship Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) scheme.
Calls mount to cut red tape for migrants
News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 28/08/2018
» Obscure procedures and overlapping government authorities and agencies are still the main obstacles to granting Thai nationality to children of migrants in Thailand, participants at a seminar on the topic on Monday suggested.
Exhibition chronicles Tham Luang rescue
News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 27/08/2018
» Supakorn Palawong, a 15-year-old student from Triam Udom Suksa school, said he was very impressed with an informative an exhibition held to shed light on how 12 teenage footballers and their coach from Moo Paa (Wild Boars) Academy football team became trapped inside a flooded cave and their subsequent rescue.
Captain Tait strikes blow for women in uniform
News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 31/07/2018
» The Tham Luang cave rescue mission not only brought attention to 12 boys and their football coach, but also shone a spotlight on Captain Jessica Tait, a US Air Force officer who became a public sweetheart when she appeared as the spokesperson for the 353rd Special Operations Group sent to participate in the rescue operation in Chiang Rai.
Media behaviour comes under fire
Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 10/07/2018
» In the race to be the first to get their hands on news and photos of the operation to extract 12 boys and their coach from Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai's Mae Sai district, some media crossed the line in their attempts to obtain information.
It's not black and white at Thammasat
News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 19/03/2018
» Black and white uniforms are usually ubiquitous at most Thai universities -- but not at Thammasat University. Formed by Pridi Banomyong over eight decades ago, the university has been perceived as a bastion of liberal values and non-conformity in the country.