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North, West warned of quake danger
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 03/12/2016
» All provinces in the North and the West are vulnerable to powerful earthquakes as a result of shaking "blind" faults that have not been officially recorded, a prominent seismologist warned on Friday.
Fight erupts over kratom patent
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 11/09/2016
» A biodiversity protection network has opposed a kratom patent being registered by a Japanese research team, saying it violates biodiversity laws.
No trace of Fukushima plant discharge found in Thai seas
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 16/08/2016
» Thai waters are safe from radioactive contamination discharged by the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster in 2011, according to the Office of Atoms for Peace, after five years of monitoring tests.
Prescription for success
Asia focus, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/05/2016
» Singapore sees a bigger role for the private sector in its campaign to become a global consumer healthcare hub through more investment in innovation, research and development. The aim is to serve the rising number of people in emerging markets who are paying more attention to good health.
Experts on guard over seismic activity
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 20/04/2016
» In light of the recent devastating earthquakes that rocked Japan and Ecuador, experts at a press conference said Thailand should remain watchful of its own tectonic activity especially in volatile areas in the North and South of the country.
Somkid pushes for farm SME scheme
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/03/2016
» Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak is pushing to implement the "One Village, One Farming SME" policy to strengthen the agricultural sector and drive domestic consumption.
Tourism envoy pumps up Japan
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/02/2016
» The new task of a popular Japanese journalist -- turned tourism ambassador to Thailand -- is to help his government boost the number of Thai tourists to Japan each year to reach the one million mark.
Alert sounded over deadly melioidosis
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 12/01/2016
» The Health Ministry has been urged to boost public awareness of the little-known deadly bacterial disease melioidosis, which killed 89,000 people worldwide last year.
Calls grow to move Hanako from Tokyo zoo
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 09/12/2015
» Thai elephant lovers and animal welfare activists are calling on Japanese authorities to relocate Hanako, a 68-year-old female Thai elephant living alone at a zoo in Tokyo, to another zoo where she will be in the company of other elephants.
PM vows to quash illegal ivory trade
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/02/2015
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has warned ivory collectors to report the items they own to authorities by the end of April or face severe fines of up to 3 million baht under the new elephant ivory law.