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    Govt pulls through with Songkran fest

    Editorial, Published on 21/04/2024

    » Peak celebrations for the Songkran holiday this year may have passed, but there are already a few refreshing signs lingering in the aftermath of the festivities.

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    Cannabis rules must make sense

    Editorial, Published on 07/04/2024

    » It's quite a relief that Public Health Minister Cholnan Srikaew is ruling out the recriminalisation of cannabis.

  • News & article

    An ethical fisheries law

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 29/03/2024

    » This week, the Lower House MPs are beginning their second reading of a new Thai fisheries law that, if passed, would replace the Royal Ordinance on Fisheries (2015) -- a heavy-handed law prescribed by the junta government in 2015.

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    Wild jumbos not the issue

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 16/03/2024

    » To mark National Elephant Day -- which is celebrated every year on March 13 -- the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has rolled out a conservation plan to protect elephants. The highlight of this year's celebrations was a scheme by the Department of National Parks and Wildlife to develop "training centres" to tame "angry elephants", according to Attapon Charoenchansa, director-general of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP).

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    Justice for Chaiyaphum

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 15/03/2024

    » Just days before the relatives and friends of slain human rights activist Chaiyaphum Pasae mark the seventh anniversary of his death in Chiang Mai, they have learnt that prosecutors have decided not to press murder charges against the soldier who gunned him down.

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    Labels won't curb drinking

    News, Editorial, Published on 04/03/2024

    » A plan to introduce a new mandate to adorn beer, wine and spirits bottles with large, intimidating graphic images might seem like a bold step towards addressing Thailand's problem with harmful drinking.

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    Welfare rules need review

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 27/02/2024

    » Last week, Social Development and Human Security Minister Varawut Silpa-archa announced the expansion of welfare programmes to benefit newborns, the elderly and the disabled. While experts welcomed the push, it was certainly overdue.

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    Royal Irrigation Department must change ways

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 23/02/2024

    » The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) keeps trying to start new megaprojects despite the fact these schemes are often opposed by local residents.

  • News & article

    Review 5-pill drug limit

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 15/02/2024

    » In response to Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin's pledge to review a policy that lowers the punishment for ya ba users found to have no more than five methamphetamine pills, the Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) said it is considering reducing the limit to three.

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    Needless forest  evictions persist

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 21/01/2024

    » Amid the biological richness of Kaeng Krachan National Park, while forest authorities celebrate the importance of wildlife, a troubling practice of forcibly evicting native forest dwellers in the name of wildlife and biodiversity protection continues unabated. This violation of the forest dweller's rights must cease.

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