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Thailand has become the first country in Southeast Asia to legalise the use of cannabis for medical purposes, and countries like Philippines and Malaysia are considering the same. Insight looks at whether the tide of opinion on cannabis is turning, and what the recent trends ...

The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) has asked that farmers observe its water supply plan, after finding that 5.28 million rai of off season rice crops are planned in the Chao Phraya river basin, 10 percent beyond its intended supply.Keep reading ...

Thailand’s and Laos’ immigration units held talk in Udon Thani province on security measures and cooperation in immigration affairs.Thai Immigration Bureau Commissioner Pol Lt Gen Surachet Hakpal, and Laos’ Department of Immigration Director-General Col Saisaming Sivilay co-chaired a meeting on bilateral cooperation in immigration at ...

Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor, a 1.7 trillion baht (US$54.2 billion) development heavily reliant on Chinese backing, should emerge unscathed by the kingdom’s pre-election political turmoil, analysts say.Keep reading ...

The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) Policy Committee was informed of 86 projects being rolled out in Thailand’s east coast between 2018 to 2020 and plan to introduce as many as a million skilled workers over the next 12 years to feed industries in the EEC ...

The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) made the right decision in backing down on the Rice Bill fight, removing controversial content which drew hefty criticism. It agreed to take out a contentious section that prohibits the trade of rice seeds which are not approved under requirements ...

In term of the environment issues, ASEAN has focused on the marine debris pollution which the sources of marine waste come from ASEAN countries.  This year, Thailand will play the important role to cooperate with other ASEAN member in order to manage the marine pollution.Keep ...

The long-awaited Forest Community Bill has finally been approved by the National Legislative Assembly (NLA), putting an end to campaigns by environmentalists and villagers – dating back almost three decades – to have more say in the designation of green areas.Keep reading ...

Consumer groups have vowed to ramp up their campaign to force the national committee on hazardous substances to ban three hazardous farm chemicals immediately, not in another two years. Comprising 686 civic groups, they have come together under the banner of the Thai Pesticides Alert ...

Deputy Prime Minister General Chatchai Salikulya would not say directly if the plan to build the controversial Mae Wong dam in order to prevent floods and save the drought-plagued Lower Sakae Krang basin would be scrapped, but he affirmed that concerned parties had at least ...