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In 2018, Thailand became the first Asian nation to legalize medical cannabis. [10] [11] Although medicinal cannabis was decriminalised, consumption, in particular smoking or vaping in public places is still subject to punishment under the Public Health Act 2535 BE (1992) as a public nuisance infraction and can lead to a 25,000 Baht fine.
Digital Terrestrial Television. On 27 December 2013, NBC Next Vision won the auction for a digital news channel on channel number 22. On 17 March 2014, the channel name was changed to Nation TV ( Thai: เนชั่นทีวี) and updated the logo to be more modern. On 1 April 2014, Nation TV started broadcast on digital terrestrial ...
Abhisit Vejjajiva ( pronunciation ⓘ; Thai: อภิสิทธิ์ เวชชาชีวะ, RTGS : Aphisit Wetchachiwa, Thai pronunciation: [ʔà.pʰí.sìt wêːt.tɕʰāː.tɕʰīː.wáʔ] ⓘ; born 3 August 1964) is a Thai politician who was the prime minister of Thailand from 2008 to 2011. He was the leader of the Democrat Party ...
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The Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers (APNSW) is a regional organization, headquartered in Thailand, of sex worker-led organizations. [105] It exists to promote and protect the health and human rights of sex workers in Asia. It supports the full decriminalization of sex work and the recognition of sex work as work.
The Yingluck Cabinet describes the cabinet selections of Thailand 's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who served as Prime Minister from 2011 to 2014. Shinawatra was appointed effective 5 August 2011, and she handed in her cabinet list for endorsement on 9 August 2011. Yingluck and her cabinet were sworn in at Siriraj Hospital where King ...
Mu Ko Ang Thong is a marine national park in the Gulf of Thailand in Surat Thani Province. [2] It covers 42 islands in a total area of 63,750 rai ~ 102 square kilometres (39 sq mi), [3] of which about 50 square kilometres (19 sq mi) are land and the rest is water. The park was established on 12 November 1980. [4]
The Daily Nation was started in the year 1958 as a Swahili weekly called Taifa by the Englishman Charles Hayes. It was bought in 1959 by the Aga Khan, and became a daily newspaper, Taifa Leo (Swahili for "Nation Today"), in January 1960. An English-language edition called Daily Nation was published on 3 October 1960, in a process organised by ...