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Media tremble at NBTC's Section 44 powers
News, Pirongrong Ramasoota, Published on 16/07/2016
» Just as the days count down until the constitutional referendum on Aug 7, the free speech situation in Thai society may again reach a new low with the latest edict passed by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO).
Censoring free speech, caging bright minds
News, Pirongrong Ramasoota, Published on 23/02/2016
» Free speech may be a luxury in a society under a military regime. But for university students yearning to make their political voices heard, free speech may indeed become a struggle as experienced by a group of university students during the traditional 71st Chulalongkorn University-Thammasat University football match at the National Stadium two weeks ago.
Thai PBS and the test of a public service TV
News, Pirongrong Ramasoota, Published on 26/01/2016
» Thais like to blow their own trumpet about many things -- the only country in Southeast Asia not to have been colonised, Bangkok as the capital with the most number of Facebook users, and Siam Paragon as the place with the most Instagram uploads. In 2009 a few Thais started bragging about the first public service television in Southeast Asia, the Thai Public Broadcasting Service or Thai PBS. But now is probably not the time to gloat about this, more than ever.