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Caught up in a tourist trap
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 24/07/2016
» 'You catch anything?" I ask fisherman Bueak while sitting in the back of his boat.
Looking across the river towards a better future
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 10/04/2016
» Crossing the Thailand-Myanmar border in daylight can be an anxious experience for undocumented migrants.
Stifling people’s voices
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 03/05/2015
» It takes effort to tell strangers what people’s unique homes look like, and it’s a lot more difficult when they are seen as an enemy of economic growth. So villagers from Satun, the southern coastal province on the Andaman Sea, drove 14 hours to Bangkok last week to tell people about the value of their distinctive homes through seminars and a three-day photographic exhibition at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre.
Cabinet mulls medical care for stateless
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 17/04/2015
» The cabinet yesterday resolved to approve the Ministry of Public Health's request to incorporate more than 208,000 people born in Thailand without citizenship into a healthcare scheme.
Swept up in silence
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 20/07/2014
» When the monsoon season comes in early July, it brings turbulence to the Mekong River. Fishermen on Si Phan Don — a name meaning 4,000 islands which aptly evokes the riverine archipelago in southern Laos — take calculated risks when they climb through the rapids, every step bringing the potential of injury from the sharp rocks below.
Government frets over new HIV costs
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 01/07/2013
» Thailand is concerned about the costs of new World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines for HIV treatment, Public Health Minister Pradit Sintawanarong said.
Govt wants all foreign visitors to be insured
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 28/06/2013
» Various state agencies have agreed in principle with the Public Health Ministry's proposal to require foreign tourists to buy travel and health insurance before arriving in Thailand.
High alert against bird flu
Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 05/04/2013
» Health units nationwide have gone on high alert against the H7N9 virus, a new strain of avian influenza, after it claimed its sixth victim in China.