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Can ‘alternative schools’ revolutionise Thai education and improve children's capabilities?
The school children of Huay Pan are getting ready for their afternoon lesson where they will be taught about water.There is nothing particularly unusual about what their teacher has got planned for them, with one exception. The classroom will be the Nan River, a 740-km ...
Human rights defenders at risk in Asia
‘In Asia, we are witnessing more and more human rights defenders being subjected to increasingly severe forms of violations, particularly killings, simply for defending human rights, ’says Sejin Kim, Programme Manager of the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), during the launch of ...
New forestry law has harsher penalties for encroachers and illegal loggers
Forest encroachers caught clearing land or burning trees, in any of Thailand’s national parks or gardens, in order to occupy the land, will soon face jail terms of up to 20 years and/or a fine of as much as two million baht under the new ...
Digital upgrade key to success
Organisations have been told to prepare their current and future workforces for the field of data science as employees must be able to act as “translators”, who can interpret consumer demand and relay the information to data scientists and technicians, experts said at the “Deep ...
Thana Boonlert
Team to zero in on competitiveness
Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak has instructed the country’s top planning agency to set up a high-powered team drawing on business leaders that will examine ways to boost Thailand’s competitiveness amid signs of slippage on key measures.Keep reading ...
The Nation Reporter
Sea (Thailand) aims to sharpen digital skills for new generation
Sea (Thailand), a leading internet company in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, operating three platforms known as Garena, Shopee, and AirPay, held a special talk show event entitle: “Sea insight Future Focus” share views on necessary skill sets that the new generation and professionals should possess ...
The Nation Reporter
BMA appeals for trees for green Bangkok project
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is seeking public donations of trees for its project to turn the capital green by next year.Chatree Watanakhachorn, director of the BMA’s Environment Department, said the project is part of the prime minister’s policy to have government agencies in the capital ...
The Nation Reporter
Law to protect patients from private hospital overcharging now in effect
Patients can, from now on, expect reasonable prices for treatment at private hospitals and can demand that private hospitals provide an estimate of their treatment costs, including the prices of medication, as well as the costs of nursing and treatment services, before undergoing treatment. The ...
Four Thai marine species announced as ‘reserved animals’
Bryde’s whale, Omura’s whale, whale sharks and leather back turtles have been added to the list of ‘reserved wild animals’.The new Wild Animal Reservation and Protection Act was announced yesterday. Animal species which included Bryde’s whale, Omura’s whale, whale shark and leather back turtle are ...
Campaign launched to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from rice farming
The Minister said the Thai Rice NAMA project will reach out to 100,000 rice farming households in Thailand in shifting from conventional to low-emission farming in the country.The project will work with farmers and farmers’ associations as well as external service providers in adapting these ...
