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SPECIAL REPORT: Wildlife forensics gives a new voice to illegally hunted wildlife
Young wildlife researcher Kanita Ouitavon was shocked when she first saw the number of animal species, many unknown to her, that were up for sale at a local market in the North some years ago, when she had just joined the National Parks Department (DNP).Keep ...
Piyaporn Wongruang
Passports please: Thailand cracks down on ‘outlaw foreigners’
Allegedly aimed at busting visa abusers and illegal migrants, a Thai police operation called “X-Ray Outlaw Foreigner” has raised questions about racial profiling and fears for asylum seekers caught in its web.Keeo reading ...
Trade war has little to no impact on Thai economy: UTCC
The University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC) says the country’s economy remains strong in spite of the ongoing trade war between the United States and China. Thanawat Polvichai, director of the Economic and Business Forecast Centre of the UTCC, on Saturday revealed that ...
Thammarat Thadaphrom
Senior economist calls for integration of sufficiency economy principle
A veteran economist, Sawai Boonma, has called on the country to apply the principles of a sufficiency economy, as introduced by the late monarch, to their everyday activities. The economist-turned-writer said the sufficiency economy philosophy is an effective mechanism to sustain economic growth and citizens’ ...
Thammarat Thadaphrom
Switched on: Top electric power conference heads to Thailand
The Power and Energy Society (PES), which bills itself as the the world’s largest forum for the electric power industry, is literally counting the days, hours, minutes and seconds before its Grand International Conference and Exposition is held for the first time outside of the ...
John Le Fevre
Phuket pushes to splash B508mn on marine safety
Phuket Governor Norraphat Plodthong will request a budget of more than half a billion baht from the national government to splash out on improving marine safety.Governor Norraphat explained his plans, to Tourism and Sports Minister Weerasak Kowsurat at the Phuket Yacht Control Centre at Chalong ...
Summit agrees fishing action
Asean defence ministers have agreed with Thailand’s proposal for the community to boost regional cooperation in fighting illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing practices (IUU), according to defence spokesman Kongcheep Tantravanich. Keep reading ...
Wassana Nanuam
Asia-Pacific countries adopt declaration to improve data
Countries in Asia and the Pacific on Friday (Oct 19) adopted a declaration that will strengthen national statistical systems to present a more complete picture of the region’s development, and support good governance, health and human rights.The declaration, ‘Navigating Policy with Data to Leave No ...
Thammasat programme to furnish EEC with workers
Thammasat University is keen on raising undergraduate student quality to prepare graduates for work in the government’s Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) scheme. Yesterday (Oct 18) the university signed a memorandum of understanding with the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) to develop many EEC-related fields: innovation, ...
Lamonphet Apisitniran
Mekong Moments shines light on Thailand
Nine travel routes identified by the Tourism Authority of Thailand will be promoted by Mekong Moments a social media platform run by the Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office.The social commerce web platform Mekong Moments, now in its third year, uses social media to promote tourism to ...