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Courageous rights defender
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 11/03/2025
» Senator Angkhana Neelapaijit, 68, has been praised for her unwavering courage and efforts for the promotion and protection of human rights in the country over the past two decades. Her determination, bravery, skill and passion have inspired Thai people and communities to respect and protect equal rights for all.
Studio Ghibli co-founder Miyazaki among 5 Magsaysay awardees for 2024
Published on 02/09/2024
» Award-winning Japanese anime filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki is among this year's five recipients of the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award, the organisation behind what is regarded as Asia's Nobel Prize said on Saturday.
Thai rural doctors delighted by 'Nobel Prize of Asia' recognition
News, Published on 01/09/2024
» The rural doctors' movement in Thailand is among the five recipients of the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award, the organisation behind what is regarded as the Nobel Prize of Asia announced yesterday.
Thai rural doctors’ group wins Magsaysay Award
Published on 31/08/2024
» The rural doctors’ movement in Thailand is among the five recipients of the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award, the organisation behind what is regarded as the Nobel Prize of Asia said on Saturday.
Art of Siam
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 28/08/2024
» Thailand's modern art era started during the reign of King Rama III when Khrua In Khong, a monk and painter at Wat Rajaburana (Wat Liap), created a mural known as the Dhamma Riddles.
Leadership role models essential
Business, Published on 08/04/2024
» Leading people nowadays is easier said than done. Rapid changes in external conditions and information overload, to name a few, are making it harder for both leaders and the people they lead to perform as in the past.
Kidnap cases alive and well
Oped, Editorial, Published on 17/12/2022
» On Thursday, activists gathered in front of the Lao Embassy in Bangkok to mark the 10th year of the disappearance of Sombath Somphone, the award-winning Lao social activist. Every year, activists have launched campaigns to keep the memory of his mysterious vanishing alive.
Cambodian psychiatrist helping genocide survivors wins Magsaysay
AFP, Published on 31/08/2022
» A Cambodian psychiatrist treating victims of the Khmer Rouge and a French environmentalist cleaning up Indonesian rivers were among the winners Wednesday of the 2022 Ramon Magsaysay Award -- considered Asia's Nobel Prize.
Angkhana to join UNHRC disappearances panel
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/04/2022
» The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has appointed activist Angkhana Neelaphaijit as a member of its Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID), according to the UN.
Politics of exclusion must end
Oped, Published on 22/10/2020
» As we approach the November general election, it is essential that we learn from the tragic mistakes in our history if the present peace and reform process is to succeed. During the hasty countdown to independence in 1948, a non-inclusive Panglong conference took place and, subsequently, not all parties contested elections to a constituent assembly that drew up the country's new constitution. Our newly formed state thus became independent without solving vital political and ethnic issues. Within a year unrest and conflict had broken out across the country.