INTERNAL SECURITY ACT

ISA threatens democracy and human rights: HRW

Thailand's draft Internal Security Act (ISA) would allow the military unprecedented powers even after....

Labour ministry denies Thais killed in a brawl in Kuwait
A brawl between Thai and Egyptian construction workers in Kuwait last week that led to the deaths of two Thai....

MEDICAL ROW

Accident victim set to learn her fate
Phitsanulok teenager hopes court will settle case that ruined family

Tight pants and skinny jeans pose a health risk.
A seminar held by the Royal Thai College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Monday warned women against....

Chat lines 'still a threat to young users'
Chat lines are still a threat to society despite the shutdown of many 1900 numbers, a seminar heard yesterday.
Networking to improve the poor's lot
Representatives of the poor from 20 countries in Asia and Africa will gather this month in Bangkok to boost....
More to the strike then just an angry union?
As thousands of commuters cried foul over the railway strike yesterday, some very important questions emerged:....
Boy, 14, crushed at worksite
A 14-year-old boy was crushed to death on Tuesday morning while working at a construction site in Nakhon....

Environment

Thailand to test new mangrove forests
Thailand and Sri Lanka have been selected by a United Nations agency to carry out pilot projects using....

Health&Science

Dirty cockles a danger
Farms supplying cockles to fresh markets will be studied to see if they are the source of the vibrio cholera....

Education

Older tour guides 'best'
Award-winning research has concluded that mature and experienced tour guides are better at their jobs than....

Metro/Crimes

Bomb attack fails as boss decamps
The empty office of a Chiang Mai-based company was the target of a bomb attack yesterday after its chairman....