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Vaccine rollout to start next Monday
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 25/02/2021
» Samut Sakhon, Chiang Mai and Tak will start vaccinating priority groups, including health workers, against Covid-19 from March 1.
Drug cases top last year's court records
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 20/01/2020
» Almost 2 million legal cases were filed in the courts last year, with drug-related cases topping the list of court proceedings compiled by the Office of the Courts of Justice (COJ).
Network urges end of death penalty
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 11/10/2019
» The Network for the Abolition of the Death Penalty on Thursday urged Thailand to make progress towards abolishing the death penalty by acceding to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which aims to end capital punishment.
School invasion hero on the mend
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 04/03/2019
» One week has passed since he was assaulted by a group of men and sustained serious injuries to his arm, but Chattraphat Namjundee, a 26-year-old PE teacher at Mathayomwatsing School in Bangkok's Bang Khunthian district, is still in a state of shock over the unprovoked attack.
Parting words to the condemned
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 13/02/2018
» 'No one is born evil or bad to the bone. There are just people making mistakes. I strongly believe that all people can change for the better, no matter who they are -- drug kingpins, notorious hitmen, thieves," says Phra Kru Srinonthawat, abbot of Wat Bang Phreak Tai, who has taught dharma to death row inmates for 27 years.
Centre gives home and hope to lost youth
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 13/01/2018
» Today is National Children's Day, a time when many Thai children are taken for a day out somewhere nice by their parents. But for others, those who live on the streets, it is just another sad day that they have to endure alone with nowhere to go and no parents to turn to.
Mekong River anti-narcotics drive affirmed
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 05/01/2018
» The Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) will continue to work closely with narcotics suppression units of five countries along the Mekong River under the "Safe Mekong" project to fight illicit drugs threat in the sub-region.
As cancer treatment advances, so must availability
Asia focus, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 25/12/2017
» New cancer treatments such as targeted therapies, immunotherapy and biological therapies could save thousands or even millions of lives from the deadly disease in Asia and worldwide, say experts.
3.2m kids at 'high risk', govt told
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 19/09/2017
» Over 3.17 million children in Thailand are in dire need of direct care, intervention and support from the government, a local academic warned yesterday.
Mahidol suspends puppy death student
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 12/09/2017
» Mahidol University has suspended its sixth-year medical student, Phattarapong Songsapkul, who is suspected of killing one or possibly two Pomeranian puppies with drug overdoses in the past six weeks to profit from delivery firms' compensation coverage.