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Take Charge of Diabetes: Choose Good Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyle to Achieve Remission
Published on 14/11/2025
» Diabetes continues to be a significant public health priority in Thailand, affecting more than 6.5 million adults and accounting for over THB 47 billion in annual healthcare costs. According to the 2025 IDF Diabetes Atlas, the prevalence of diabetes among Thai adults aged 20–79 is 11.7% — the fourth highest in ASEAN and slightly above the global average of 11.1%. The Thai Ministry of Public Health also highlighted the elevated risk of cardiovascular complications and chronic kidney disease among people living with diabetes. As World Diabetes Day 2025 approaches, this moment offers a timely opportunity to rally collective action to accelerate progress in prevention, early detection and holistic diabetes care.
Bangkok Film Festival Spotlights Cinema as Soft Power
Published on 10/10/2025
» Amid rapid changes in technology and audience behaviour that continue to challenge the entertainment industry, the Bangkok International Film Festival 2025 returns in full force. The festival serves as a major platform connecting filmmakers, investors, distributors, and audiences through diverse activities, including international film screenings and “Talad Nang,” a key marketplace where content creators can meet producers, distributors and investors from Thailand and abroad. This year’s highlight is a collaboration with BrandThink to organise a series of seminars led by experts, exploring cinema’s evolving role as soft power. The discussions highlight how film is not just a source of entertainment, but a strategic driver of the economy, culture, and communication. They also open perspectives on how Thai content can expand to the global stage, inspire audiences, and fuel long-term growth in the creative economy.
Police dig deeper into Nakhon Sawan temple funds scandal
Online Reporters, Published on 22/07/2025
» The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) is intensifying its investigation into the alleged misappropriation of temple funds at Wat Nakhon Sawan and a long-delayed Buddhist park project involving the former abbot.
Wat Nakhon Sawan's finances audited after disgraced abbot’s departure
Chalit Poomruang and Online Reporters, Published on 21/07/2025
» Buddhism officials descended on Wat Nakhon Sawan on Monday to audit the financial records and assets of the royal temple after the abbott hurriedly left the monkhood amid a mounting sex and money scandal.
Sangha Act to be revised after senior monks' sex scandals
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 13/07/2025
» The Sangha Supreme Council (SSC) will form a special committee to revise monastic regulations following a high-profile sex scandal involving 11 monks and a woman known as “Miss Golf”.
Activists navigate defamation minefield
By Sui-Lee Wee, The New York Times, Published on 10/06/2023
» Sutharee Wannasiri knew the poultry company had violated labour laws. She went on Twitter in 2017 to share a video containing an interview with an employee who said he had to work day and night with no day off.
Activists call for end to 'Slapp' cases
Published on 02/04/2022
» Thai authorities should uphold the right to freedom of expression by decriminalising defamation, a human rights group has said after the dismissal of criminal defamation cases brought against two activists by a local chicken processor.
Lucky escape as landslide hits temple building
Makkawan Wannakul, Published on 09/09/2021
» CHAIYAPHUM: Ten people being kept in isolation at a temple returned from Covid-19 tests on Wednesday morning only to find the building they stayed in had been hit by a landslide during their brief absence.
Doctors blamed for ATKs delay
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/09/2021
» Government Pharmaceutical Organisation(GPO) director Dr Witoon Danwibul has petitioned the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) against two doctors for allegedly stalling the GPO's procurement of 8.5 million sets of Covid-19 antigen test kits (ATK), according to a source.
2 held over crystal meth parcel plot
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 26/08/2021
» A Nigerian man and his Thai wife have been arrested for attempting to smuggle nine kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine to Hong Kong, the culmination of a lengthy probe 10 months after the drugs were seized in Bangkok.