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Ministry launches new push to tap into 'medical economy'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/01/2026
» The so-called "medical economy" championed by the government is being positioned as a new growth engine for Thailand. Policymakers describe it as a potential game changer for state-owned hospitals struggling under mounting financial pressure.
Eco-friendly farming aims to heal forests
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 22/01/2025
» Over the past few years, the majority of forest land in Nan province has been turned into single-crop plantations to support the livelihoods of more than 150,000 local households whose farming activities involve burning and deforesting.
Experts warn of vape threat to children
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 14/08/2024
» Allowing a child to vape or be exposed to the hazardous vapour of an e-cigarette at home could potentially be deemed a violation of child protection laws, some child health and child rights experts have warned.
Dept braces for more rain as La Niña looms
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/05/2024
» The Royal Irrigation Department is considering a number of measures to prepare for floods during the rainy season, as the weather conditions look set to become much wetter when the La Niña phenomenon begins in a few months.
Mega-flood 'likely' in the next decade
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/02/2023
» Thailand is likely to suffer from another "mega-flood" similar to the historic inundation in 2011 in the next decade, as climate change will increase the frequency and severity of extreme weather events all over the world, a conference was told on Monday.
Public urged to follow the rules
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 03/08/2021
» The Ministry of Public Health is urging the public to comply with lockdown measures, saying that just a 5% increase in adherence to the government's guidance coupled with the ongoing vaccination of vulnerable groups could see case numbers begin to fall dramatically in the coming weeks.
Thais to take to the skies with historic launches in 2023-2027
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/04/2021
» A pilot satellite named TSC-Pathfinder, the first to be made by Thais, is expected to be launched in 2023 to survey Earth's natural resources.
The gift that keeps on giving
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 13/10/2019
» Three years after the passing of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great, one of his legacies, artificial rainmaking, remains a solution that Thailand can depend on to tackle the problem of air pollution and climate change-induced drought.
IVF first 'Pavornvit' shows the way
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 19/12/2018
» Pavornvit Srisahaburi, a 31-year-old engineer and new dad looks like an ordinary guy, although the circumstances surrounding his birth were anything but ordinary.