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Former UDD leaders get five years
Post Reporters, Published on 10/02/2026
» The Criminal Court yesterday sentenced two former leaders of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) to five years in prison each for supporting terrorism.
Local doctor to receive WHO award
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 09/02/2026
» Director of Umphang Hospital in Tak province, Worawit Tantiwattanasap, will receive the United Arab Emirates Health Foundation Prize 2026 in recognition of his humanitarian service and sustained efforts to expand healthcare access for vulnerable populations in remote border areas, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced.
Myanmar poll branded a sham
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 21/01/2026
» Four years after Myanmar's 2021 military coup, the junta's long‑promised general election has arrived not as a democratic renewal but as a source of anger, fear and rejection among many citizens, including those living abroad.
Supreme Court orders red-shirt ‘Jeng Dokjik’ jailed for 5 years
Online Reporters, Published on 20/01/2026
» The Supreme Court on Tuesday sentenced Yoswaris Chuklom, also known by his stage name Jeng Dokjik, to five years and four months in prison for multiple charges arising from the red-shirt rallies seeking to oust then-prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva in 2010.
Same-sex couple in adoption fight
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 18/01/2026
» Rights groups are helping a same-sex couple seeking to jointly adopt a child in Thailand after authorities granted parental rights to the Thai partner only. The couple, a British national and a Thai citizen, filed a petition with the Central Juvenile and Family Court on Jan 6 requesting the right to co-adopt an 8-year-old boy.
Phuket ex-deputy governor accused of land-title graft
Post Reporters, Published on 25/12/2025
» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has resolved to indict a former Phuket deputy governor and multiple land officials over the unlawful issuance of land title deeds covering more than 13 rai (5.1 acres) within a national forest reserve in Kamala mountain forest on the island province.
Twin disasters mark year
News, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 25/12/2025
» Twin disasters mark year
Anant Ambani Receives Global Humanitarian Award
Published on 09/12/2025
» Washington DC: Global Humane Society, the international brand of American Humane Society, the oldest national humane organisation in the United States and the largest certifier of animal welfare, has presented Mr Anant Ambani, founder of the wildlife conservation centre Vantara, with the Global Humanitarian Award for Animal Welfare. Mr Ambani is the youngest ever and the first Asian to receive this prestigious recognition. The award was conferred on him at an international event that brought together leaders committed to wildlife protection and animal welfare.
National artist, Buddhist scholar dies at 91
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/12/2025
» Renowned national artist Wasin Inthasa, author of Ananda the Buddha's Brother, acclaimed by Unesco as a global Buddhist literary masterpiece, passed away at 91 on Tuesday.
Sad litany of flood missteps
News, Mongkol Bangprapa and Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/11/2025
» Entrenched patronage networks, political meddling in appointments, and a lack of professional disaster-management leadership created a cascade of preventable failures in the catastrophic flooding that tore apart Songkhla's Hat Yai district, a major economic engine of the South, according to academics.