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'Oppenheimer' triumphs with 7 Oscars
News, Agencies, Published on 12/03/2024
» Los Angeles: Oppenheimer, the biographical film about the inventor of the atomic bomb, won a total of seven Academy Awards on Sunday, including best picture and best director for Christopher Nolan.
Avoid grim ritual of Songkran deaths
News, Leo Horn-Phathanothai, Evelyn Murphy and Claudia Adriazola-Steil, Published on 12/04/2021
» Too many of us have been personally touched in our lives by tragic road crashes that have maimed or killed a loved one. For far too many, Songkran will be a moment not for merriment but for mourning. Thailand has among the highest rates of road fatalities in the world, ranking top in the region. More people die in Thailand from road crashes in two days than have died from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. And the numbers tragically always spike at times of festivity, including Songkran.
Mixed results in UN report on HIV fight
News, Kornchanok Raksaseri, Published on 07/07/2020
» Around 50% of the 5,400 new HIV infections recorded in the country last year were among young people aged 15-24 years old, according to information presented by UNAIDS' regional director for Asia and the Pacific.
Princess to preside at Virachai funeral
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/04/2019
» Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn will preside over the royally sponsored cremation of former ambassador to the US Virachai Plasai, whose body was flown back to Bangkok on Tuesday night, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said.
US, EU must tread carefully over Cambodia
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 25/09/2018
» The US and EU must not commit the same mistakes in Cambodia that they made in Thailand. Efforts to pressure strongman Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to follow their suggested paths will not work. Worse still, they could have serious adverse effects, as the country's domestic and external conditions are very different and unique.
US envoy tips smooth ride for Thai return to democracy
News, Kornchanok Raksaseri, Published on 07/04/2018
» US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Southeast Asia Patrick Murphy said he was optimistic about Thailand returning to democracy soon.