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The controversial blood collection and splashing ritual by the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), seen as waste by many, has prompted a significant number of people to donate blood for medical use, Thai Red Cross said.
Northern Thailand has been polluted by a thick haze for the past few days. The smog situation in Mae Hong Son remains critical, forcing Nok Air to suspend three daily flights for three days in a row.
Privy councilor Surayud Chulanont said at a meeting of state agencies that HM King Bhumibol and HM Queen Sirikit had voiced their concern over the impacts of the severe drought throughout Thailand.
Three fishing boats capsized and two others went missing on Thursday following a severe summer storm had generated high waves in the shores of the central Thai province of Prachuap Khiri Khan.
The first Mekong River summit will take be held between April 2 to 5 in Hua Hin, Thailand, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) has announced.
Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva met Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Hu Zhengyue during a meeting at the Government House on Monday to discuss whether dam constructions in China could have led to the record-low water in the Mekong Ri...
Six people, including a baby died last week from the influenza type A(H1N1) in Thailand, Thailand's Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanawisit. Most victims already suffered from chronic illnesses.
Thailand will ask China for help to cooperate in dealing with the record-low water levels in the Mekong River, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajjiva said Sunday.
The world's first male elephant twins were born in the northeastern Thai province of Surin on Saturday.
A Daily Mail contributor tells about her visit to her five-year-old adopted female elephant "Tong Jan", living at the Elephant Nature Park, in the northern Thai province of Chiang Mai.
Due to the increasing air pollution, thousands of people in northern Thai provinces have seen medical assistance for respiratory, skin and eye problems this week.
The current water level on the mainstream of the Mekong River is well below average in northern Thailand and Laos, according to a report by the Mekong River Commission. The implications are serious for the people living in the area.
Over 60 qualified Jumpmasters from the U. S. Air Force and the Royal Thai Air Force Parachute Team completed three separate jumps over Bangkok on Wednesday, as part of the "Cope Tiger" program, an annual multilateral aerial exercise conducted in t...
3 more die of A(H1N1) flu inThailand
Three more fatalities related to the influenza type A(H1N1) have been reported by Thailand's Ministry of Public Health. The total number of deaths now adds up to 212.
The Thai Health Promotion Foundation has recently launched a campaign by Jeh United on promoting waste management. The organization has chosen the largest northern Thai city of Chiang Mai as a model.
Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej left the hospital where he has been treated for the past five months to make a short visit to his palace, local media sources reported.
According to a local pollution control office in the northern Thai province of Chiang Rai, the level of air pollution in the region has gone over the recognised safety limit for more than two days.
Thailand aims to seek a three-year membership of the United Nations Human Rights Council starting this year after it failed to become one of the 13 Asian inaugural members four years ago. The UN General Assembly voted in March 2006 to replace the ...
Three new A(H1N1) flu deaths in Thailand
Thailand's Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanawisit on Monday said that three people died of the influenza type A(H1N1) last week, bringing the total number of deaths to 209.
Thailand will deliver the second shipment of rice of 3,525 tons to earthquake-struck Haiti on March 12, Prime Minister's Office Minister Virachai Virameteekul said Friday.