First ‘cultural map’ of the country now online
2023-02-17
The first online cultural map of Thailand is now available with more than 2,000 cultural sites across the country, ready to be upgraded for metaverse technologies.Continue Reading
Authorities on alert for Marburg
2023-02-17
The Ministry of Public Health has raised its guard against the Marburg virus, which is now widely spreading in Central Africa and has already claimed six lives in that region.Continue Reading
Cynthia Maung seeks Thai citizenship
2023-02-16
Dr Cynthia Maung, the founder and director of the Mae Tao clinic in Tak’s Mae Sot district and an ethnic Karen born in Myanmar, has applied for Thai citizenship after helping to provide health services for patients along the border for three decades.Continue Reading
‘Big Joke’ faces down critics
2023-02-16
Deputy national police chief Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn has vowed to stamp out graft rocking the Immigration Bureau (IB) and bring any corrupt officers to justice.Continue Reading
Entry fees to include insurance
2023-02-16
Thailand will provide insurance for foreign tourists when tourism fees for international arrivals are imposed in June, deputy government spokeswoman Traisuree Taisaranakul said yesterday.Continue Reading
Prayut hits back at triads jibe
2023-02-16
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday hit back at the opposition over the granting of Thai citizenship to Chinese-born businessman and suspected crime boss Chaiyanat “Tuhao” Kornchayanant, saying it was the Yingluck Shinawatra government that endorsed his naturalisation.Continue Reading
Family of Wild Boar wants body for Lanna funeral
2023-02-16
The family of Duangphet “Dom” Phromthep, the young captain of the Wild Boars football team whose rescue from a flooded cave in 2018 captured the attention of the world, want his body brought back from the United Kingdom to Chiang Rai for a northern-style funeral.Continue Reading
First ‘cultural map’ of the country is now available online
2023-02-16
The first online cultural map of Thailand is now available with more than 2,000 cultural sites across the country, ready to be upgraded for metaverse technologies.Continue Reading
NHRC regrets anti-torture law setback
2023-02-16
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed its disappointment after the cabinet decided to postpone enforcing some key provisions of the Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance Act.Continue Reading
Uni students rally to halt relocation
2023-02-16
About 500 students from Rajamangala University of Technology Tawan-ok, Uthenthawai Campus rallied yesterday to oppose a court order for the decades-old school to be relocated from land owned by Chulalongkorn University.Continue Reading