As authorities in Thailand battle a measles outbreak in the country’s south the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Singapore the latest Asean member state to eliminate the infectious disease, while Brunei has eliminated rubella. […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on business owners and employees throughout what it terms the ‘Western Pacific Region’ (WPR) to drive workplace safety policy through the implementation of universal smoke-free workplaces. Demonstrating its […]
In Thailand English-language News for May 4, 2018, Newsline presenter Sandra Hanutsaha tells us about: 00:51 | Thailand’s Ambassador to Belgium and Head of Mission of Thailand to the European Union, Manasvi Srisodapol, has led a Thai delegation […]
In Thailand English-language News for Mach 12, 2018, Newsline presenter Cholaphansa Narula tells us about: 00:44 | Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn attended the final day of the ‘Love and Warmth at Winter’s End’ festival on Sunday, where she […]
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As Philippine scientists and politicians fight over the failure of Asia’s first mass dengue vaccination programme the biggest casualty may be people’s trust and confidence in vaccination and other government-led public health programmes as effective […]
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A dramatic video has emerged of frantic attempts by a Hmong hill-tribes man in the northern Thailand province of Chiang Rai to resuscitate a young Thai boy who drowned while playing near a small waterway. […]
A recent report by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) forecasts devastating consequences to countries in Asia and the Pacific if climate change goes unabated. The report […]
In Thailand English-language News for June 27, 2017, Newsline presenter Dhra Dhirakaosal tells us about: 00:38 | Thais from across the country continue visiting the Grand Palace to pay their respects to the late king Bhumibol Adulyadej. 02:03 | […]
In Thailand English-language News for June 1, 2017, Newsline presenter Sandra Hanutsaha, tells us about: 02:37 |  Thailand Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha has told a seminar to promote the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights that […]
Singapore’s Minister of State for Health, Chee Hong Tat, has announced a Government-Industry Partnership scheme as part of a multi-pronged ‘war on diabetes’. The strategy follows hot on the heals of him announcing in the Singapore Parliament mid […]
In Thailand English-language News for April 7, 2017, Newsline presenter Sandra Hanutsaha tells us about: • HM King Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun yesterday promulgated Thailand’s 20th constitution since the end of absolute monarchy in 1932, bringing closer the prospect of democratic elections […]
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At the same time as its army is accused of carrying out barbaric acts including rape and murder in Rakhine, Kachin, and Shan State’s (See: Mehdi Hasan’s Barbed Attack on Aung San Suu Kyi Over Rohingya […]