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When repressive states choose terror over death
News, Alan Clements, Published on 23/01/2026
» Fyodor Dostoevsky -- one of the few writers to survive state terror and return with a psychology sharp enough to indict it.
UHC needs more funds
News, Editorial, Published on 05/09/2024
» With a Shinawatra returning to Government House, seeing the lavishing upgrade in the 30-baht universal healthcare coverage (UHC) is unsurprising. Nicknamed "the Gold Card" public healthcare system, it was conceived in 2002 under a Thai Rak Thai-led government with Thaksin Shinawatra as prime minister.
New vape crackdown looms to protect kids
News, Apinya Wipatayotin & Phumwat Suwanchaisak, Published on 01/06/2024
» Authorities will take urgent action to combat the illegal use of electric cigarettes, saying it is important to suppress them as makers are increasingly preying on children, putting their health at risk.
Mining on the Moon a boon of prestige rivalry
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 10/01/2024
» What could be so rare and valuable that it would be worth going all the way to the Moon to get some?
Red Sea crisis presents US, allies with tough choices
News, Peter Apps, Published on 25/12/2023
» As the Pentagon asked allies to provide warships for an international task force to protect Red Sea commercial shipping from mounting drone attacks from Yemen last week, one of the United States' closest partners appeared to be holding back.
Bangkok still tangled up in 'sky spaghetti'
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 14/08/2022
» Earlier this week I was sitting in the customary traffic jam on Sukhumvit near Phra Khanong Bridge and found myself gazing at the tangled mess of overhead cables which have decorated Bangkok's streets for so long. It was not a pretty sight, especially dangling in front of ageing shophouses and filthy iron grilles that are not exactly a vision of splendour themselves.
Dentists aim to dispel oral health misconceptions
News, Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 12/06/2022
» 'Bad dental health, poor appetite" is an old saying by King Rama IX which may sound very general yet well reflects the dental health situation of people in rural areas observed by the late King on his visits to the provinces.
Get your boots on
News, Postbag, Published on 31/01/2022
» Re: "Oil spill last straw for Rayong tourism", (BP, Jan 30).
Woman sues after drill bit lodges in gum
News, Chakkrapan Natanri, Published on 18/08/2020
» A woman who had a dentist's drill bit stuck in her gum for five years after a tooth extraction at a well-known, state-run hospital in Narathiwat is suing the permanent secretary of public health for ignoring her medical malpractice complaint.
Cops back on Boss' trail
News, Wassayos Ngamkham and Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/08/2020
» Police plan to use medical information that the chemical substances found in the blood of Red Bull scion Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya could be a result of the use of cocaine to see if they can press a charge of drug use against him.