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COP30 must do good, not just avoid harm
News, Eileen Mairena Cunningham, Published on 17/11/2025
» When indigenous peoples are mentioned in the context of climate change, my mind immediately goes to images of my grandmother's roofless and flooded house, destroyed by a Category 5 hurricane and a Category 4 storm in quick succession.
Congo: Where the tail is still wagging the dog
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 26/03/2025
» 'Joseph Kabila boycotted the election and is preparing an insurrection because he is the AFC," said President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo last October, and lo! It is coming to pass just as he predicted. But you can't tell the players without a programme, so a little bit of explanation first.
Embassies urged to work with police to tackle call centre scams
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 03/02/2025
» The Royal Thai Police (RTP) is setting up an international coordination centre so officers can collaborate with foreign embassies to prevent foreign nationals from joining scam gangs in Myanmar.
Fighting maternal mortality's toll
News, Anne-Marie Slaughter & Mary-Ann Etiebet, Published on 02/12/2024
» No mother should give her own life to give life to another. Unfortunately, preventing maternal mortality remains a persistent global challenge. The third United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) commits countries to reduce their maternal mortality rate to less than 70 per 100,000 live births by 2030. At the current pace, the world is projected to fall far short of this target, resulting in more than one million additional, overwhelmingly preventable deaths.
Bangkok Gems Fair surpasses 3.85 Billion Baht sales
News, Published on 29/02/2024
» The 69th Bangkok Gems and Jewelry Fair, organised by the Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP) under the Ministry of Commerce and The Gem and Jewelry Institute of Thailand (GIT) surpassed expectations with purchases exceeding 3.85 billion baht. Held from February 21 to February 25, 2024 at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, the event attracted nearly 40,000 participants.
Six more Thai workers set to return as nine still held as hostages
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn and Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 04/12/2023
» The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is pressing ahead with negotiations to help the remaining nine Thai hostages captured by Hamas as six more Thai workers recently released from captivity are due to arrive back in Thailand on Monday.
Hamas hostage crisis bodes terror for the world
News, Andreas Kluth, Published on 28/10/2023
» Hostage-taking, like collective punishment, is among the most barbaric but also oldest tactics in human warfare. And yet something qualitative changed on Oct 7, when Hamas went on its murderous rampage in Israel and abducted more than 200 innocent people into the Gaza Strip. What Hamas, Israel and others do in the coming days and weeks will set new precedents that may open a 10th circle of hell in this and other conflicts to come.
Saudi vows to help free hostages
News, Bangkok Post and AFP, Published on 22/10/2023
» Saudi Arabia will help Thailand secure the release of Thais taken hostage during the Israel-Hamas war, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin says.
Govt drops ball on deal
News, Editorial, Published on 14/06/2021
» It is wonderful that Thais will be able to watch all 51 matches live of the Euro 2020 European Football Championship after a deal was struck just hours before the football tournament began on Saturday.
When robots will be caring for humans
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 24/05/2021
» The birth rates are falling fast in all the world's more prosperous countries, but the generation now in their middle years have not yet grasped what that means for their later years. If they end up needing some sort of assisted living, either at home or in a care home, they will probably be looked after by a robot.