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Land rights demonstrators said they were satisfied by feedback from yesterday’s Cabinet meeting, but have decided to extend their protest in Bangkok to make sure their problems are fully resolved.Keep reading ...

The first phase of clinical tests for an affordable Hepatitis C treatment has yielded a high cure rate, according to the Department of Disease Control. Started in 2016, the clinical trial testing the combined set of Sofosbuvir+Ravidasvir with 81 patients showed 97% of them reacted ...

Ninety-three refugees from Myanmar who have been living in camps along Thailand’s western border have gone home, the second such return since 2016, the UN refugee agency, raising hopes for the eventual closure of some of Asia’s oldest refugee camps.Keep reading ...

Some policies needed to be thought through more than others. A policy to cope with the country’s ageing society is among those that are extremely sensitive. It’s an issue that requires comprehensive planning and the people in charge must know it inside and out.It’s not ...

A navy patrol seized 200kg of compressed marijuana worth about 4 million baht on the bank of the Mekong River in Ban Phaeng district overnight, but the smugglers fled in their long-tail boat. The smugglers were on the riverbank with the marijuana when the patrol arrived, ...

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment says it stands ready to regrow forest in the area where the controversial housing project for judicial officials is situated at the foot of Doi Suthep following the government’s decision to return the area to the national park. Keep ...

There were high stakes on both sides in the summit that’s just taken place between US and Chinese trade officials headed by heavyweight Treasury Secretary Steven Mnunchin.The central issue for both is China’s challenge to American supremacy in technology. China’s goal is to dominate the ...

The Asia Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance (APLMA) and DT Families Foundation have signed an agreement that will make a tangible difference to permanently eliminating malaria in Thailand.Malaria was once the biggest killer of mankind and remains an entrenched global health challenge. The threat from the ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand organised  the “Conference on United Partnerships against Human Trafficking” during 26 – 27 April 2018 at the Conrad Hotel, Bangkok. The conference was attended by approximately 300 representatives from the public sector, the business community, ...

An action plan to develop cheaper and environmentally friendly power supply for national parks nationwide is being drafted in a joint venture involving the Department of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) and King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT)Keep reading ...