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Is copycat suicide happening in Thailand?
Patiparn Changpoo, Published on 08/10/2025
» Reports of suicide incidents in Thailand have become more frequent, especially across various news outlets. Over the past few months, five cases of individuals falling to their deaths inside shopping malls in Bangkok have been reported.
Misinformation overload
Life, Alongkorn Parivudhiphongs, Published on 28/05/2024
» From exaggerated crime reports to hyperbolic political coverage, the trend towards dramatisation is reshaping how the public consumes news in Thailand, especially on television screens. Critics, however, have raised a red flag that this not only distorts fact-based reality but also undermines the media's role in providing accurate and responsible journalism, potentially leaving audiences more misinformed and emotionally manipulated.
More than a gun
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 18/02/2020
» Sgt Maj Jakrapanth Thomma's killing rampage at the Terminal 21 shopping centre in Nakhon Ratchasima earlier this month snuffed out the lives of 29 innocent people, and injured numerous others.
On guard against terror
Asia focus, Published on 03/02/2020
» When President Donald Trump ordered American troops to withdraw last October from northeastern Syria, critics said the decision would play into the hands of terrorists, with ramifications beyond the Middle East.
Gory suicide reports, pics spawn copycat concerns
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/08/2019
» The Department of Mental Health is calling on the media to refrain from including graphic details in their reports about suicides to prevent spawning copycat behaviour.
Seeing the signs
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 12/03/2019
» Despite her promising future, Nui* -- an attractive office secretary in her early 30s -- decides to live stream her suicide attempt on Facebook by taking an overdose of painkillers to get back at her cheating husband.
A mysterious epidemic
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 11/07/2018
» First, it was fashion designer Kate Spade. Then celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain. In only three days, the world recently lost two notable names whose deaths had one thing in common: apparent suicide.
Nigeria marks four-year anniversary of Chibok kidnap
AFP, Published on 14/04/2018
» LAGOS - Nigeria on Saturday marked four years since Boko Haram abducted more than 200 schoolgirls from the remote town of Chibok, with renewed calls for their release and that of thousands of others seized in the bloody conflict.
Wailing fans bid farewell to S. Korean singer amid suicide fears
Reuters, Published on 21/12/2017
» SEOUL: Grief-stricken fans braved Seoul's winter cold on Thursday to bid farewell to Kim Jong-hyun, the lead singer of top South Korean boy band SHINee, but his apparent suicide fuelled health officials' concern about copycat bids.
Suicide watch
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 20/12/2017
» The apparent suicide on Monday of 27-year-old Korean singer Kim Jong-hyun, the lead vocalist of the hugely popular K-pop band Shinee, has prompted fears at the Department of Mental Health that young Thai fans might copy the star and try to kill themselves.