Over four decades, efforts to decentralize power to local authorities in Thailand have faced significant challenges, with progress often hindered by stumbling blocks. Despite some advances, repeated political conflict has consistently held back progress, making the dream of true decentralisation elusive.

<p dir="ltr">After 16 years of struggling for justice, the Supreme Court has ordered the company party responsible for the leak of cobalt-60 radiation to pay slightly more than half a million baht in total to 12 victims seriously affected by the leak.</p> <p dir="ltr">The Civil Court on Ratchadaphisek Road, Bangkok, on Wednesday, 8 June 2016, read the Supreme Court ruling on the case in which 12 people seriously affected by the leak of cobalt-60 radiation sued Kamol Sukosol Electric, a company importing medical equipment.</p>