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Births of a nation
Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/11/2023
» The government has pledged to tackle the low birth rate crisis, declaring it a national agenda item. Such a move is timely, if not long overdue, as Thailand has experienced a demographic imbalance for decades.
TEST YOURSELF: New movie roundup
Gary Boyle, Published on 21/09/2023
» Here are a few films that hit Thai cinemas recently.
NSC urged to hold census
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/09/2019
» The National Security Council (NSC) is being urged to launch a fresh census survey of stateless children to establish their status and ensure they have access to basic rights including freedom of movement.
Stateless saga one too many
News, Editorial, Published on 09/05/2019
» The news reports about the struggle of two young stateless students who are racing against time to get a chance to contest academic events in the US are familiar to many.
A long flight for the paper plane pilot
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 14/10/2018
» It was pleasing to see that Mong Thongdee's dream of becoming a Thai citizen appears to have finally come true. Nine years ago Mr Mong made the headlines as a 12-year-old when he won the Thailand paper plane championships. However, he was devastated after being told he could not represent the kingdom at the international tournament in Japan because he was stateless, his parents being immigrants from Myanmar.
Paper plane champ Mong a citizen at last
Online Reporters, Published on 06/10/2018
» Mong Thongdee’s dream of becoming a Thai citizen is finally coming true, nine years after the country learned of his stateless plight.
'Mong' close to citizenship
News, Published on 29/08/2018
» Mong Thongdee, a stateless man who grabbed headlines when he won a national paper plane contest nine years ago when he was 12, is finally close to achieving his dream of gaining Thai citizenship.
Stateless Mong Thongdee nears dream of Thai citizenship
Online Reporters, Published on 28/08/2018
» Mong Thongdee, a stateless youth who grabbed headlines when he won a national paper plane contest nine years ago when he was 12, is finally close to achieving his dream of gaining Thai citizenship.
Calls mount to cut red tape for migrants
News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 28/08/2018
» Obscure procedures and overlapping government authorities and agencies are still the main obstacles to granting Thai nationality to children of migrants in Thailand, participants at a seminar on the topic on Monday suggested.
Stateless 'Wild Boars' case shows policy reform need
News, Amanda Flaim, Published on 10/08/2018
» On Wednesday, four of the 13 Wild Boars football team members who survived harrowing days of intense deprivation in the dark Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai last month became Thai citizens. No longer subject to the deprivations of being statelessness, they can now look forward to living lives with real purpose.