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Wildlife smuggler caught at Suvarnabhumi Airport
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/02/2026
» Thai authorities have arrested an Indian man who was attempting to smuggle rare wildlife back to his home country, after finding 15 live animals hidden inside his luggage at Suvarnabhumi Airport.
Mobile phone air pollution alerts in pipeline
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 12/11/2025
» A nationwide alert system for PM2.5 fine dust pollution, including real-time updates through the cell broadcast system, is in the works as air quality in Bangkok is worsening to the “orange” level with the onset of the cool season.
'5-pill rule' to become just 1 for meth
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/05/2024
» The Public Health Ministry has proposed tightening the definition of a drug user by limiting the legally permissible number of methamphetamine tablets, aka ya ba, from the current threshold of five pills to one to seal a loophole that benefits drug dealers.
Kids drawn to vaping despite proven health risks
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 16/04/2024
» They can look harmlessly cute, coming in bright cartoon-like colours and with various tempting flavours.
Songkran splash sites to be strictly booze-free
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 12/03/2024
» Rules will be strictly enforced to make water-splashing venues nationwide completely free of alcohol during the Songkran festival next month, officials said on Tuesday.
'Groped' client sends industry into tailspin
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 12/08/2023
» Pornprapai started her career at a traditional Thai massage shop on Khao San Road about a year ago, seeing the tourist mecca as the perfect place to make money. But things are not looking quite so rosy nowadays that tourist numbers are dropping again after a brief post-Covid resurgence.
Raids yield haul of illegal antivirals
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/08/2022
» The Ministry of Public Health warned the public not to purchase antiviral drugs without a prescription after its staff joined police to raid houses in Bangkok. They seized 80,000 illegally imported tablets worth about 10 million baht being sold online.
ATK handouts to continue
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 25/02/2022
» The National Health Security Office (NHSO) will begin the second phase of its antigen test kit (ATK) distribution programme for high-risk groups on March 1, it was announced yesterday.
Online seller 'Pimrypie' in hot water over Covid test kits
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/08/2021
» The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking legal action against Pimradaporn Benjawattanapat, an online trader better known as "Pimrypie", for offering a set of antigen test kits (ATK) as a free gift to purchasers of her mineral water.
Home isolation via tech 'meets standards'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/06/2021
» Assurances have been given that the technology-aided home isolation programme for mild or asymptomatic Covid-19 patients will meet hospital treatment standards, according to the Department of Medical Services (DMS).