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Thailand will not commit to climate finance
Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 08/12/2015
» PARIS — The Thai climate conference delegation is refusing to commit to any financial assistance for undeveloped countries' efforts to combat climate change - rejecting a proposal by developed countries that developing countries should also contribute.
Police find more jungle graves
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 06/05/2015
» Five more graves have been found near a newly discovered migrant detention camp in the Padang Besar jungle in Songkhla's Sadao district.
Activists take protest against US gas firms' fracking to embassy
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 21/04/2015
» About 20 activists with the "Stop Fracking Thailand" group rallied at the United States embassy in Bangkok yesterday to protest against the use of fracking by US companies drilling for natural gas in Thailand, complaining that the practice pollutes the environment.
Siriraj claims first Ebola antibody
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 03/10/2014
» Researchers at Mahidol University's Siriraj Hospital claimed yesterday to have developed the world's first Ebola antibody treatment.
Activists issue alert on 'toxic' gold mine
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 11/09/2014
» Environmental activists say they have discovered harmful levels of heavy metals near a gold and copper mine in Loei's Wang Sapung district, but the mine operator insists this is a natural occurrence and mining is not the cause.
Thai teenage pregnancy rate rising
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 09/09/2014
» Thailand will not overcome its growing problem of teenage pregnancy without collaboration from all sectors of society, health experts said yesterday at a national conference.
Man critical after spider bite
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 19/07/2014
» A man in Phrae province has become the first confirmed person in Thailand to be bitten by a brown recluse spider, a venomous species native to the United States.
End official abuse of refugees, panel told
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 20/06/2014
» Human rights defenders called on Thailand on Thursday to protect the rights of refugees and asylum seekers amid reports of abuse by state officials.
Gender variant clinic to open for teenagers
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 02/06/2014
» The opening of a gender variant clinic in Thailand will help gender non-conforming adolescents and their families gain proper advice leading to family acceptance, self-confidence and a healthy life, an adolescent specialist who initiated the clinic said.
Protesters tell US to 'butt out'
Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 19/12/2013
» About 500 student-led demonstrators rallied outside the United States embassy in Bangkok on Thursday, loudly denouncing Washington for supporting the Feb 2 election in Thailand.