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Hospital discharges only Mers case after Omani ruled virus-free
Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 03/07/2015
» A 75-year-old Omani man who became Thailand's only case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome was declared free of the potentially deadly virus and given permission to travel again, officials said.
Mers patient leaves for home
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 04/07/2015
» The man at the centre of Thailand's only Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) case returned home to Oman yesterday evening after being given the all-clear by doctors.
Crunch time for the insect industry
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 12/06/2016
» 'Have you tried cricket yet?"The question pops up at the top of the New York-based Exo company's website. It sounds uninviting for those who imagine the whole body of a bug. But don't judge. Scroll down.
Getting the green light on electric cars
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 30/10/2016
» As of Sept 30, Thailand had 52 electric sedans on the road. There are roughly 1.3 million electric cars on the roads worldwide, but with fears batteries will flatten in traffic or flooding will lead to lasting damage, Thai drivers have been slow on the uptake.
The walls are closing in on Thai journos
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 12/05/2017
» I've often been asked what it's like working as a journalist during periods of political upheaval in Thailand. My immediate answer is usually feeling as if my life is at stake. And secondly, I feel we live under a climate of intimidation.
Xi's global bid sends shivers down my spine
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 19/05/2017
» Watching China's President Xi Jinping meeting world leaders at the Belt and Road forum in Beijing on news reports this week has given me a mixed feeling of astonishment while sending chills down my spine.
Pai Dao Din's father vows to seek justice amid uncertainty
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 25/06/2017
» Jatupat Boonpattararaksa, or Pai Dao Din, may have passed the last subject of his undergraduate course last Friday, but no one knows if he will be able to celebrate his graduation with friends at the end of this year.
'Magic' of the military loses its charm
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 14/07/2017
» Since he put pressure on the Royal Thai Police last week by appointing a police reform panel, Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha's own military regime seems to be under the spotlight for the same reason.
Migrants face changing climate
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 01/07/2018
» The arrival of May once reminded Lin Na that the first rain of the year was on its way. The ground in her small village of Prey Veng province in southern Cambodia would start to soften, dampened by rainfall. This time each year, she would help her family cultivate a two-hectare rice field, the main source of food and income for them throughout the year.
Abandoned houses a bad sign in Dawei
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 06/05/2019
» During my trip last week to the Bawah relocation area where nearly 500 houses have been newly built to accommodate over 1,000 people affected by the development of the Dawei Special Economic Zone (DSEZ) in Myanmar, it caught me by surprise that most of the houses are unoccupied.