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Indigenous folk find voice in climate fight
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 16/12/2018
» Indigenous people at the COP24 conference in Katowice, Poland called on the world to recognise their knowledge of climate action and climate change mitigation.
Thai farmers feeling the heat of climate debate
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 09/12/2018
» Ampai Meelap, 43, a durian farmer on the frontlines of climate change witnesses the threats of unpredictable weather every year.
Milestones
News, Published on 28/01/2018
» Awarded: By Amnesty International to former Bangkok Post reporter Paritta Wangkiat, a trophy for a coup-era story on a fearful village in the North. The story on May 28 of last year showed the fearful state of Ban Kong Phak Ping village after a soldier murdered 17-year-old native son Chaiyaphum Pasae, and the army then concocted a lying, impossible story to try to justify and cover it up.
Ex-Post writer honoured
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/01/2018
» <i>Bangkok Post</i> writer Paritta Wangkiat on Thursday won first prize in the print category of Amnesty International Thailand's 2017 Media Awards.
Weathering water's extremes
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 12/11/2017
» Since downpours from the North swept down into the central Chao Phraya River basin early last month, people are fearfully bracing for the next big flood to hit Bangkok. The Thai government tells the public it is making a concentrated effort to ensure the capital will be protected from future flooding. Despite the heavy rainfall this year, leaders have dismissed the possibility of another flood like 2011's.
PM's 6 questions 'designed to rile critics'
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 10/11/2017
» The latest round of questions posed to the public by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha shows fairly unequivocally that the regime hopes to retain its grip on power after next November's election, either with the help of an existing political party or one that could be set up for this purpose.
Jatupat gets 2.5 years following lese majeste confession U-turn
News, Published on 16/08/2017
» Jatupat Boonpattararaksa, or Pai Dao Din was yesterday sentenced to two years and six months in jail after he confessed to having shared a BBC Thai article on his Facebook page last year.
IOM voices alarm at steep rise in camp suicide rate
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 20/06/2017
» The suicide rate in Thai refugee camps has risen alarmingly, and is three times higher than in the general population, according to a recent study by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).
Man gets 35 years for FB posts
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 10/06/2017
» A man was jailed for 35 years yesterday for lese majeste and defamation in what is thought to be the highest penalty meted out for a case of its kind.
Longest prison sentence ever for lese majeste
Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 09/06/2017
» A man was jailed for 35 years on Friday for lese majeste and defamation - the longest prison sentence to date for such a case, according to human rights advocates.