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Field hospitals established for patients from flooded Hatyai Hospital
By Assawin Pakkawan and Panumet Tanraksa, Published on 27/11/2025
» SONGKHLA - Public health officials are building eight field hospitals in this southern border province to assist patients from the heavily flooded Hatyai Hospital.
Investigation sheds more light on landmines
By Panu Wongcha-um and Devjyot Ghoshal, Reuters, Published on 16/10/2025
» Thai Army Second Lieut Baramee Sricha was on a patrol near a disputed stretch of the border between Thailand and Cambodia on July 16, when a member of his team stepped on a landmine that detonated, severing his ankle.
‘Not a friendly place’: Inside the prison where Thaksin is jailed
By Panu Wongcha-um and Chayut Setboonsarng, Reuters, Published on 11/09/2025
» Three blankets to sleep with, an open bathing area, bland food and the constant risk of violence. These are the conditions inside the maximum security prison in Thailand’s capital where 76-year-old former premier Thaksin Shinawatra is jailed, according to two people with knowledge of the facility.
AI’s Rise: Will Humanity Lose Control of Its Future?
Dr. Teerapon Tanomsakyut Chief Executive Officer of Sustainability and Strategic Development, Charoen Pokphand Group , Published on 18/03/2025
» Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming an integral part of our daily lives. Leading this transformation is ChatGPT, which now receives 122 million daily visits and has an active user base exceeding 400 million. By August last year, its parent company OpenAI had seen its technology adopted by 92% of Fortune 500 companies, solidifying its dominance in the AI landscape.
Canada and US ‘offered Uyghurs in Thailand asylum’
By Panu Wongcha-um, Reuters, Published on 05/03/2025
» Canada and the United States offered to resettle 48 ethnic Uyghurs held in detention in Thailand over the past decade, sources have told Reuters, but Bangkok took no action for fear of upsetting China, where they were covertly deported last week.
Chinese gambling kingpin ‘abused in Thai jail’
By Poppy McPherson and Panu Wongcha-um, Reuters, Published on 24/01/2025
» A jailed gambling tycoon fighting extradition to China received “inhumane treatment” in a Thai prison after saying he was a Chinese spy, his lawyers have told Interpol, saying they fear for his life.
Prayers, tears in Isan church for Thai hostage in Gaza
Napat Wesshasartar and Thomas Suen of Reuters, Published on 07/10/2024
» KUT YANG, Udon Thani - The Sriaoun family gathered in their local church on Sunday, their voices rising and falling in tearful song as they prayed for the safe return of their oldest son, believed still held captive by Hamas.
Finland suspends reception of berry pickers’ visa applications
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Published on 16/03/2024
» Finland's Ministry for Foreign Affairs has decided to suspend the reception of wild-berry pickers’ visa applications in Thailand.
Thai hostage recalls beatings and bleakness
By Napat Wesshasartar and Devjyot Ghoshal, Reuters, Published on 07/12/2023
» UDON THANI - When farm labourer Anucha Angkaew scrambled out of the bunker where he had been sheltering from rockets on Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip around 7.30am on Oct 7, he expected to see Israeli soldiers.
Samut Prakan school on climate change front line
By Lisa Martin and Pitcha Dangprasith, AFP, Published on 24/06/2023
» Each morning, four children stand barefoot in a line and proudly sing the national anthem as the Thai flag is raised outside their school, perched on a finger of land surrounded by the sea.