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Thais step up engagement with Africa
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 19/01/2026
» Thailand is intensifying its economic engagement with Africa, identifying the continent as one of its strongest emerging markets amid an evolving global environment, says the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).
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.
Local expert backs 'U=U' message to curb HIV stigma
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 14/10/2024
» Nations from Africa and the Caribbean should support the evidence-based U=U message and incorporate U=U into efforts to prevent, diagnose and treat HIV, says Institute of HIV Research and Innovation (IHRI) executive director, Nittaya Phanuphak.
The only way to eliminate polio
News, Florence Gyembuzie Wongnaah, Published on 23/05/2023
» When Jonas Salk's polio vaccine was found to be safe and effective in 1955, following a successful trial involving nearly two million American children, it marked a turning point in the fight against a highly infectious disease causing incurable paralysis or even death. Prior to Salk's discovery, between 25,000 and 50,000 cases were recorded each year in the United States alone, and little was known about how the virus spread.
Exports of rice surge to 2.8m tonnes
News, Post Reporters, Published on 21/05/2023
» Rice exports topped 2.79 million tonnes from January to April with the volume for the entire year forecast to exceed 8 million tonnes, the government said.
IPCC report appeals to all to salvage 1.5C goal
News, Alister Doyle, Published on 28/03/2023
» Climate scientists on March 20 appealed directly to everyone on the planet to seize a dwindling chance to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius or risk harming people living today and their descendants for thousands of years.
Freddy and the Ice: Messages From the Future
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 19/03/2023
» Two new things on the climate front this week, both bad news. Typhoons used to be like drive-by shootings: one pass, one hit and then gone. Now they're starting to come back for a second hit.
DDC urges polio jabs for kids
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 22/12/2022
» The Public Health Ministry is on full alert to administer the polio vaccine to Thai kids aged under five years old as almost 600 polio cases were recently detected in 22 countries, including Indonesia.
PM rules out immediate lockdown
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/12/2021
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has insisted Thailand will not reimpose an immediate national lockdown despite concerns over the new coronavirus variant Omicron.
Govt seeks out African visitors
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/12/2021
» The Immigration Bureau and the Ministry of Public Health are tracking down about 783 African travellers who have entered Thailand since Nov 15.