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PromptPay hackable
News, Postbag, Published on 27/08/2016
» Re "PromptPay sows doubts", (Editorial, Aug 24).
WHO bets on Rio Games
News, Editorial, Published on 01/06/2016
» The World Health Organization is causing many to be concerned about the Zika virus. In many places, including Thailand, the WHO seems to be acting perilously. About a month ago, the world health authority announced it was dropping Thailand from its worldwide alert, because there were no new reported Zika cases. Two weeks later, a Thai man entering Taiwan was diagnosed with the virus. On Sunday, health authorities declared a "Zika virus alert" after finding another infected man in Udon Thani's Sang Khom district.
Cloud of violence looms over Republican presidential race
News, USA TODAY, Published on 15/03/2016
» A Republican presidential race that has been dominated by economic anxiety and outsider politics heads toward important primaries today under the cloud of a troubling new issue: the prospect of violence.
Slave trade gains are real
News, Editorial, Published on 24/02/2016
» The government is preparing to submit information for the 2016 edition of the US report on human trafficking. For once, this submission will have something interesting, beyond vague promises and careful commitments. The military regime has made real achievements against the slave trade. But as efforts at home yield results, President Barack Obama and the US Congress are raising the bar further. The warnings are clear that much remains to be done to get the upper hand over this human exploitation.
Wipe out mosquitoes to beat Zika?
News, Published on 04/02/2016
» On Saturday Colombia’s national health institute confirmed that more than 2,100 pregnant Colombian women are infected with the Zika virus, which has been linked to a devastating birth defect that affects a foetus’s brain.
Playing with fire
News, Postbag, Published on 21/01/2016
» There are several controversies involving Somdet Phra Maha Ratchamangalacharn, aka Somdet Chuang, who is likely to be appointed as supreme patriarch.
How coal-fired plants will doom Thailand
News, Published on 05/12/2015
» At the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris this year, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha reaffirmed the country’s commitment to a 20% to 25% reduction in carbon output compared with a business-as-usual scenario.
What the TPP pact means for Thailand
News, Kirida Bhaopichitr, Published on 25/11/2015
» The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a trade agreement among 12 countries led by the US, along with Canada, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Australia and New Zealand.
Islamophobia casts shadow over historic Myanmar election
News, Published on 05/11/2015
» Standing before a glistening monastery, Myanmar's most infamous monk adjusts his saffron robe and then does something that would have seemed unthinkable a few years ago: He launches into the formerly untouchable Aung San Suu Kyi, accusing her of being lackadaisical about the threat Muslims pose to both the country's security and Buddhist traditions and values.
Thai women tackle gender inequity
News, Published on 30/10/2015
» Twenty years have passed since the United Nations 4th World Conference on Women was held in Beijing. Then, a parallel NGO Forum -- entitled "Look at the World through Women's Eyes" -- was also held during the official conference. Over ten thousand women from all over the world, including over 70 women from Thailand, participated. It was the first time Thai women from the grassroots level took part in an international conference.