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Old-rice sale critics warned of legal action
Published on 14/05/2024
» Commerce Minister Phumtham Wechayachai is threatening legal action against people he says are spreading “false information” about the decade-old rice stocks the government is planning to auction off.
The LGBT advocate set to be an MP
News, Published on 01/04/2019
» Ranked 9th on the Future Forward Party (FFP) list, award-winning filmmaker and LGBT advocate Tanwarin Sukkhapisit will almost certainly become Thailand's first transgender MP.
The politics of change
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 18/03/2019
» It is less than a week until the much-anticipated general election. For the first time in the history of Thailand, we are seeing a huge turnout of LGBTI candidates from different professions and backgrounds, jumping on the political bandwagon and representing sexual diversity. Out and proud, many of them are standing as candidates or are working with political parties in order to make their voices heard.
Edible insects a boon for farmers
Published on 25/08/2014
» THANON NANG KLARN — Depending solely on the rains to either yield a good rice crop or leave their fields dry and barren, farmers in this village in northeastern Thailand led a precarious and back-breaking existence. Then they discovered bugs.
Food outlet standards worsen
Online Reporters, Published on 15/08/2014
» Nearly 27% of Thai food outlets have failed to meet the requirements to win the “Clean Food Good Taste” quality sign from the Department of Health, compared with 16.4% in an earlier survey.
Citrus greening disease tamed
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 16/07/2014
» Chiang Mai: A research team at the National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (Biotec) has developed a method of growing oranges that could prevent the spread of a disease that has ravaged crops in northern Thailand.
Dead mice found in rice stores
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/07/2014
» Ayutthaya: Rice inspectors found dead mice and pigeons in stores of pledged rice in two warehouses in Ayutthaya's Wang Noi district Wednesday.
New squads tackle surge in logging
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/06/2014
» New forestry task forces will launch a crackdown on the illegal logging of Burmese rosewood, which is becoming rampant in the North.
91,000 sacks missing from warehouse
Pongpat Wongyala, Published on 27/06/2014
» PATHUM THANI — Soldiers have found 91,000 sacks of rice worth 69 million baht missing from a warehouse in Pathum Thani.
Phatthalung old-gold find put at B1bn
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 05/06/2014
» The value of the ancient gold hoard found buried at a palm oil plantation in the southern province of Phatthalung is estimated at 1 billion baht, according to a senior local businessman.