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Children at risk of rabies– despite vaccinations – after savage attack by dog
Three children are at risk of rabies infections, despite being vaccinated, after a rabid dog attacked them in Samut Prakan province on March, 20 night.“The risk is particularly high when the victims receive several or severe bites,” Professor Thiravat Hemachudha, a prominent doctor and lecturer ...
The Nation Reporter
‘Authorities have misled people’ about health peril of air pollution
A medical specialist has brought home the human cost of the air-pollution problem plaguing Thailand, stating on March, 22 2018 that the mortality rate increased by 0.3 per cent for every 10 micrograms of small dust particles measuring 10 microns (PM10) in the air.Keep reading ...
Patinya Srisupamart
New business registrations up 11% in February
February saw 6,356 new private companies registered across the country, an increase of 11 percent from the same month last year, but a 9-percent drop from January, when 6,965 firms were logged.Keep reading ...
The Nation Reporter
BOI Promotes Investment in Robotics and Automation Industry
In recent times, robotics is one of the most talked-about topics in various industries. Robotics and automation technology is proved to be valuable for a wide range of industries, since it will reduce and replace human labor, especially in unsafe workplace and it also can ...
The Nation Reporter
Exponential technology seen as driver of Thai growth
Exponential technology will play the leading role in driving Thailand’s economic growth in the next decade due to the advent of 5G telecom, cheap human genome sequencing, solar energy, cellular agriculture, among others, according to private sector executives.Keep reading ...
Nophakhun Limsamarnphun
Phnom Penh, Bangkok agree to exchange fugitives
After Bangkok deported a prominent Cambodian activist, Phnom Penh has agreed to help Thailand in hunting for Thai fugitives. This confirms the concerns among Thai refugee communities in Cambodia and human rights organisations that both countries are making a deal on exchanging political refugees. Keep reading ...
Prachatai Reporter
Woman’s sustainable farming struggles against industrial encroachment
Women’s vision for agriculture development is so far falling flat with those implementing Thailand’s flagship EEC development project.Keep reading ...
Nathaporn Thaotagoo
Women’s sustainable coastal management struggle against EEC port expansion
Women’s efforts to restore and sustain fisheries and communities near Thailand’s Leam Chabang deep sea port are in an uphill battle to survive.Keep reading ...
Nathaporn Thaotagoo
Thailand aims to boost trade with neighbors by 15% in 2018
Thailand aims to increase trade with countries on its borders by 15% this year, to a record high of 1.5 trillion baht ($50 billion). The government is backing the drive to offset an expected slowdown in overall export growth due to appreciation of the baht ...
Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat
New Climate Change Fears, Old Mekong Problems
The Mekong River, one of the world’s longest and resource-rich rivers, deserves international attention and recognition as a frontier with governments and developers — who see the river an industrial production tool — on one side and the people who live along its vast waterways ...
Luke Hunt
