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Bilateral talks over illegal migrants
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 22/12/2020
» The government is reviewing its guidelines over migrant workers in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak at a seafood market in Samut Sakhon.
More efforts urged for medical hub status
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 04/12/2020
» Thailand needs to seize on the opportunity to be Southeast Asia's first medical hub before new pandemics emerge in the future, urged the dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Prasit Watanapa, on Thursday.
Help urged for migrant workers in limbo
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 26/07/2020
» Human rights groups are calling for the government to help around 700,000 migrant workers, left in limbo by the coronavirus outbreak, renew their work permits and seal other legal loopholes.
Silent killer claiming thousands
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 20/07/2020
» Each year, 14,000 Thais die from cancer that manifests in their bile ducts caused by a silent killer known as liver fluke disease.
Govt asked to sell Thai expertise
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 04/07/2020
» The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday said the financial sector is urging the government to promote Thailand's medical industry and expertise in the Greater Mekong Subregion in the aftermath of the deadly Covid-19 pandemic.
Saving kingdom's tigers
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 05/06/2020
» In the wild, tigers play the role of apex predator. The biggest of the wild cats can roam almost 300 kilometres to find food and mates, and they very rarely come into contact with other tigers or people.
Russian Orthodox Church ignites regional spiritual fire
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 10/02/2020
» The Russian Orthodox Church in Thailand may have only served as "a centre of spiritual fire" for Russians in the country for two decades, but the first and only Eastern Orthodox Church in the region has drawn devout Christians from all over the world.
US losing clout in the region, new survey shows
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 09/02/2020
» China has risen to be the most dominant economic and political power in the region, overtaking the United States' waning influence under the Trump administration, a recent State of Southeast Asia survey showed.
Forum predicts break-up of Asean
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 14/12/2019
» A decentralised world order could disintegrate the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) into factions, with mainland countries gravitating to China, maritime states forging closer ties, and Thailand left hanging in the middle, a forum was told on Friday.
Asean a 'human rights disaster', claim groups
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 03/11/2019
» Asean civil society groups on Saturday criticised the deterioration of human rights in Asean as well as the bloc's principle of non-interference, especially over the Rohingya crisis, which will reportedly receive no mention in the East Asia Summit statement.