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Dhamma helps inmates accept fate
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 29/05/2022
» The Corrections Department has invited Phra Khru Phawana Viriyawat, the abbot of Wat Phutthaphot Hariphunchai in Lamphun, to teach dhamma to death-row inmates to help them accept their destiny.
Rights education key to resolving conflict
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 26/10/2020
» As Thailand faces a political crisis amid confrontations between anti-government protesters and pro-monarchy groups, the director-general of the Department of Rights and Liberties Protection under the Justice Ministry, Ruangsak Suwaree, is playing a big role in protecting the rights of all involved.
Party's over but it doesn't end in jail
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 25/05/2020
» A rapid increase of arrests in the month after the government declared a state of emergency in late March to fight the Covid-19 outbreak threatened to overwhelm the already overcrowded prison population.
Somsak vows to hurry kratom legalisation
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 14/12/2019
» Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin has vowed to expedite legalising kratom, a local plant classified as a narcotic after researchers registered patents for kratom-based medicine in Japan and America.
No speedy fix to drug scourge
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 14/05/2018
» Viroj Sumyai does not play a direct role in cracking down on drug problems in Thailand, but on the international scene, he has a big voice.
Worlds apart: Maniq confront modern life
Spectrum, King-oua Laohong, Published on 27/05/2018
» A cluster of children from the Maniq ethnic group are doing something their ancestors may have never been able to picture -- watching a TV show.
No sign of 'zombie' drug here
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 11/10/2017
» No signs of alpha-Pyrrolidinopentiophenone (Alpha-PVP), a synthetic stimulant also known as flakka or bath salts, have been detected in Thailand so far, the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) says.
Board tackles drug problem head-on
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 09/01/2017
» The new secretary-general of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board is adopting measures to better cope with drug problems by making Thailand a regional anti-drug centre and forming a stronger network of allies.
Trawler trafficking suspect surrenders
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 15/05/2015
» The co-owner of a Thai fishing trawler allegedly involved in human trafficking in Indonesian waters turned himself in at the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) Thursday.
Net lift: art and badminton combine to help ex-prisoners
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 15/05/2022
» The Thailand Institute of Justice (TIJ) has teamed up with the Badminton Association of Thailand (BAT) to organise an art exhibition aimed at supporting ex-prisoners in their return to society.