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Exit the Snake, enter the Horse
News, Curtis S Chin and Jose B Collazo, Published on 30/12/2025
» As we bid farewell to 2025, and welcome 2026 -- and soon, the lunar Year of the Horse -- we once again highlight the winners and losers of the year gone by in Asia.
Global coral collapse a neglected crisis
News, Imran Khalid, Published on 16/08/2025
» Before the crack of dawn on Koh Tao in the Gulf of Thailand, Somsak Chaisri paddles his wooden boat over waters that used to shimmer with life. A once-vibrant coral garden below the water surface now consists of dead skeleton-like structures. According to this fisherman, the bleached coral skeletons are the only things he pulls from the water after his father showed him how to fish in living coral reefs. "Now, I drag up ghosts," he murmured. His lament echoes across the tropics. From the Maldives to Mozambique, the once-thriving reefs of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans are being scoured of life.
Health advocates denounce e-cigarette legalisation plans
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/12/2024
» Scholars and health experts have voiced their opposition to the House special committee on e-cigarettes' advice to control its use in the country, saying the recommendations reflect the committee's pro-smoking stance.
Food safety standards save lives
News, Poonam Khetrapal, Published on 12/06/2023
» Food safety standards are vital to facilitate fair and transparent international food trade and consumer health protection by reducing the incidence of foodborne diseases. Every year, foodborne diseases affect 1-in-10 people worldwide. According to WHO South-East Asia Region, foodborne diseases cause 150 million illnesses, 175,000 deaths, and 12 million disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs). Therefore, operative food standards must integrate safety and quality into every aspect of food production and service to ensure the supply of safe and wholesome food.
Man busted at airport for illicit pills
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 24/01/2023
» A 57-year-old man was arrested on arrival at Suvarnabhumi airport with 79,200 anti-anxiety and stimulant medication pills in his luggage, Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) secretary-general Wichai Chaimongkol said yesterday.
Ousted Sri Lankan leader to visit Bangkok from Singapore
News, Bangkok Post, Published on 11/08/2022
» The Thai government will allow Sri Lanka's ousted president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, to stay temporarily in Thailand.
OAG eyes extradition pact with Asean
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 04/04/2022
» The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) says it is seeking cooperation from 10 countries in Southeast Asia to establish a regional extradition convention to combat transnational crimes by 2024.
Short-term cover
News, Postbag, Published on 03/04/2022
» Re: "Ensuring avoidance," (PostBag, March 30).
Thai, Korean govts affirm strategic ties
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 21/12/2021
» Thailand and South Korea on Monday agreed to strengthen bilateral defence cooperation and pursue further talks to elevate their strategic partnership, according to Defence Ministry spokesman Gen Kongcheep Tantravanich.
Tourists from 63 countries now exempt from quarantine rules
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/11/2021
» Thailand will begin admitting fully vaccinated visitors from 17 more countries without quarantine, increasing the number of countries on the list to 63.