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Social Security Office faces huge overhaul
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/01/2026
» The government's patience with the beleaguered Social Security Office (SSO) has run out, with a minister signalling sweeping changes aimed at restoring public trust and professionalising the management of its funds.
Parties roll out promises as election campaigning steps up
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 04/01/2026
» Pheu Thai leader and prime ministerial candidate Julapun Amornvivat teased the release of two more surprise policy packages, as rival parties intensified their campaigning.
No foreign guides, govt warns
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/10/2025
» The Labour Ministry has issued a stern warning that tour guiding is a profession strictly reserved for Thai nationals, and that foreigners working as guides will face legal action or deportation.
PM promises a fast start
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/09/2025
» Newly appointed Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has pledged urgent action to ease economic hardships and solve tensions along the Cambodian border, while emphasising peaceful solutions and protection of national sovereignty.
Free entry to national parks to mark Family Day
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 14/04/2025
» The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation is waiving entrance fees to all national parks, botanical gardens, wildlife sanctuaries and conservation sites across Thailand on Monday to mark Family Day, which falls on April 14 each year.
DNP team deployed to capture wandering tiger
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/02/2024
» The Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) has sent a team of officials and veterinarians to capture a wild tiger that has been wandering into a village in Kamphaeng Phet, triggering panic among locals.
Climate change threatens wild tigers' habitat
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/08/2023
» Climate change presents a big challenge for protecting and preserving tigers in the wild, says the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment permanent secretary Jatuporn Buruspat.
Two park chiefs facing graft claims transferred
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/02/2023
» The acting chief of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) has transferred two national park chiefs under investigation for alleged corruption.
Hidden cameras capture rare species
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/04/2022
» Camera traps installed deep in the forest of Mae Wong National Park have revealed rare wildlife including a mother tiger and her two cubs and bantengs thought to have disappeared from the park 40 years ago.
'Vijit' prints seen near Mae Wong
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 07/12/2021
» Footprints found in Kamphaeng Phet suggest that Vijit, a Bengal tiger which strayed out of the forest in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary in Uthai Thani last week, is heading towards Mae Wong National Park, authorities said yesterday.