THERE were as many as 1,325,838 air-pollution related cases in Thailand during Jan. 1-Mar. 5 this year with the public warned that airborne particles known as PM2.5 could lead to cardiovascular disease and lung cancer while 31,081 people died from exposure to toxic airborne dust in 2019, TV Channel 7 quoted the Public Health
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S.Korean pig farm owner arrested for disposing of Thai worker’s dead body
By Choi Jae-hee, The Korea Herald A SOUTH KOREAN pig farm owner in Pocheon, Gyeonggi province, has been arrested on the suspicion of disposing of the dead body of a Thai farm worker earlier this month, according to local police today (Mar. 8). According to the Pocheon police station, the farm owner is alleged
Read moreHelloFresh drops Thai coconut milk after Peta’s monkey labour drive
By The Guardian, Daily Mail and Sanook.com MEAL kit provider HelloFresh, which is based in Berlin, Germany, said it will no longer sell coconut milk sourced from Thailand as it does not support any form of animal cruelty across its supply chain, the company announced on Monday (Mar. 6). The move is in line
Read morePrommin emerges as latest among trio of Pheu Thai candidates for PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PROMMIN LERTSURIDEJ has emerged as the latest one among a trio of Pheu Thai partisan candidates for prime minister, partisan sources said today (Mar.8). Prommin is generally viewed as a key member of the Pheu Thai think tank who has been personally entrusted by de facto party boss Thaksin Shinawatra.
Read moreCriminal Court judge to be quizzed over over letting grey senator off the hook
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOVE FORWARD MP Rangsiman Rome today (Mar.8) petitioned the judicial branch to interrogate a judge of the Criminal Court who had revoked an arrest warrant for a senator suspected by police as a drug dealer-cum-money launderer. Rangsiman filed the petition with the Office of the Judiciary Committee based in the
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