Ex-manager of ThaiHealth named Thai PBS chief

The Thai Public Broadcasting Service (Thai PBS) has appointed a former manager of Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth) as its new chief.

Two-thirds of the nine-member ThaiPBS policy committee voted Krissada Raungarreerat in as the new director-general of Thailand’s first public broadcasting service. The panel had decided to terminate media veteran Somchai Suwanban’s employment in October last year due to poor performance in preliminary evaluation.

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