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  • Northern Thailand NewsMother leaves newborn in north east forest after giving birth

    Mother leaves newborn in north east forest after giving birth

    A newborn baby was found in an Isaan forest recently. Thai news reports say that the baby was covered in blood with the umbilical cord still attached. Luckily, the baby survived and is now in the care of a local hospital. A villager found the newborn while walking through the forest in the Nakhon Ratchasima province, north east Thailand, and…

  • Chiang Mai NewsChiang Mai expat finds newborn girl on roadside

    Chiang Mai expat finds newborn girl on roadside

    Thai Rath reported that an American man found a newborn baby girl by the side of the road in Chiang Mai on Tuesday. The man, who gave his name as “Eric R.” was on his way home to his nearby condo when he saw a child’s arm sticking out from a cloth in the shade of a tree by some…

  • Covid-19 NewsNewborns get extra protection with mini-face shields

    Newborns get extra protection with mini-face shields

    Bangkok health care professionals have come up with protective face shields for newborns to prevent infection to the most precious among us. Parents understand the challenge of asking a toddler to wear a mask. (Just take a trip to Tesco while you still can and notice “the couple,” protected head to toe in what looks like a sponsorship deal from…

  • Chiang Mai NewsAbandoned newborn girl discovered in Chiang Mai

    Abandoned newborn girl discovered in Chiang Mai

    An infant girl was found abandoned outside a grilled pork stand in Chiang Mai Province in Thailand’s north early yesterday. The baby was found by a “drunken man” at 6:30am. Abandoned children are a common problem in Thailand. Unwanted pregnancies, pregnancy out of wedlock, family problems and other issues can cause young mothers to cast aside their babies. The infant was…

  • World NewsJapan airlines offering a seat map to avoid screaming kids

    Japan airlines offering a seat map to avoid screaming kids

    “JAL’s seat maps indicate where infants under two are sitting, with a child icon to let other passengers know.” No kidding. Prefer not to sit next to a screaming child on your next long-haul flight? On some Japanese airlines a new seat map warns you where potentially bawling babies and screaming six year olds are sitting. Offered as part of…

  • Northern Thailand NewsThai woman threatens to strangle child on Facebook Live

    Thai woman threatens to strangle child on Facebook Live

    PHOTOS: Manager Online Concerned provincial officials have visited a village in Khon Kaen, north-east Thailand, after a woman posted on Facebook live threatening to kill her one year old child. 41 year old Suphaporn Prab-arin, threatened to strangle the child with a belt then hang herself. During the video the baby was crying in a hammock nearby. After the story…

  • Thailand NewsBaby in a rush in Chon Buri, born with 12 fingers and 12 toes

    Baby in a rush in Chon Buri, born with 12 fingers and 12 toes

    PHOTOS: sanook.com A mother has given birth to a healthy baby girl on the side of the road in Chon Buri. It does happen, sometimes the baby can’t wait until mum arrives at hospital. But this special bundle of joy has 12 fingers and 12 toes. But this was no surprise to the mother and grandmother who also have six…

  • Bangkok NewsPorsche driver charged with reckless driving after death of two women

    Porsche driver charged with reckless driving after death of two women

    Bangkok Police have charged a Porsche driver who crashed into a motorcycle, killing two women, one of them also losing her unborn baby and being rushed to hospital, only to die soon after. The accident also damaged a roadside motorcycle-repair shop. The original report from The Thaiger HERE. Police announced that Somkiat Pakdeenok had been charged with reckless driving causing…

  • Bangkok NewsBangkok woman gives birth in the back of a taxi!

    Bangkok woman gives birth in the back of a taxi!

    PHOTO MONTAGE: Thai Rath So you’re on your way to hospital with a passenger in the back of your taxi who says she’s going to have a baby – soon. Ahead there’s a lot traffic. Taxi driver Pratheep Manop said he picked up a woman aged about 25 – 30 from Pahonyothin Soi 48. She wanted to be taken to Wipharam…

  • World NewsGene-edited babies ‘immune to HIV’

    Gene-edited babies ‘immune to HIV’

    PHOTO: He Jiankui is reflected in a glass panel as he works at a computer at a laboratory in Shenzhen, South China’s Guangdong province – China Daily by China Daily A Chinese scientist’s attempt to produce babies immune to HIV is sparking heated debate among the public and academics. He Jiankui, a biological researcher, has announced on social media, that…