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Overcoming that temptation to light up
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 20/11/2025
» A Malaysian survivor of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has shared his experience of his decades-long struggle with smoking cigarettes and the health scare that finally convinced him to quit.
Lung diseases kill yet remain overlooked
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 18/11/2025
» A senior representative from the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged all stakeholders -- governments, clinicians, journalists and advocates -- to confront chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs), particularly Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), in the lead-up to World COPD Day on Wednesday.
China bans import of sugar-based products
News, Published on 07/11/2025
» China has imposed a sweeping ban on the import of all Thai syrups and premixed sugar products, after 10 factories failed the latest safety and hygiene standards inspection by Chinese authorities.
Locals hail success of southern kratom blitz
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/09/2025
» Local administrations are intensifying efforts to curb the misuse of kratom and other drugs in the southern border provinces, following the launch of the government's "120-day kratom awareness campaign".
Lao smugglers caught with illegal cough syrup
News, Online Reporters, Published on 22/07/2025
» Two Lao nationals were arrested at the Mukdahan border checkpoint while attempting to smuggle 8,000 bottles of unapproved cough syrup out of Thailand, customs officials said.
Blitz on drugs targeting young people
News, Post Reporters, Published on 24/06/2025
» The government has launched an urgent crackdown on four newly emerging forms of narcotics popular with young people, which are disguised in attractive, everyday products, including candy, lozenges, and inhalers available on online platforms.
Thailand's health ministry warns of Mers threat
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/05/2025
» The Ministry of Public Health is urging Thais who are headed for Saudi Arabia to perform the Hajj pilgrimage to exercise extra caution, following a recent outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) in the country that has claimed two lives to date.
Turning waste into objects of art
News, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 13/03/2025
» Growing up with parents who reused materials around them inspired artist Wishulada Panthanuvong to value all materials.
Teen monster strikes; police out to lunch; in vice's grip
News, Mae Moo, Published on 09/03/2025
» School, parents duck for cover
Myanmar raid nets 29 suspects
News, Anucha Charoenpo and Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 16/02/2025
» Seven Thai and 22 Myanmar nationals have been arrested in a recent crackdown in Myanmar's Tachileik on suspicion of being involved with illegal online gambling and scams, says a report by Tachileik News Agency, an online Myanmar news agency which publishes on Facebook.