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Transgenders happy to come out from the shadows
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 16/04/2017
» For centuries in the Land of Smiles, men with an outwardly feminine appearance felt offended when they were called "katoey" or "toot" (transvestite). But as time goes by, more gays and transpeople have come out in the public spotlight than ever before.
Young offenders try to scrub black mark
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 14/03/2017
» Twenty-year-old Aye hasn't given up hope that one day he'll be a graphic designer.
Thailand, Laos agree on workers pact
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 07/07/2016
» Thai and Lao labour ministers have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on labour cooperation to improve the livelihoods of Lao workers in Thailand.
Trafficked fishermen get help
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 04/04/2016
» SAMUT SAKHON: Labour rights activists yesterday launched the Thai and Migrant Fishers Union to help both Thai and migrant trawlermen repatriated from Indonesian islands fight for fair treatment after returning home.
Trawler men held in trafficking bust
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 29/01/2016
» Ranong: Police have seized three fishing vessels and arrested two suspects for alleged human trafficking and flouting government measures to combat unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
Hun Sen to visit Thailand late this week
Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 14/12/2015
» Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen will visit Thailand on Dec 18 and 19 for a joint Thai-Cambodian cabinet meeting and government and business cooperation talks.
Student leaders to attend first Asean youth summit
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 12/11/2015
» Ten youth representatives from Thailand are due to attend the first Asean Young Leaders summit in Kuala Lumpur next Wednesday, Asean Affairs department's director-general Jakkrit Srivali said.
Govt to set up trafficking victims' centre with Laos
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 27/10/2015
» Thailand and Laos have agreed to set up a joint centre to take care of human trafficking victims to address cross-border human trafficking problems, Thai and Lao foreign ministers said yesterday.
Thailand, Vietnam to forge stronger trade, security ties
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 24/07/2015
» Thailand and Vietnam have set a target to boost trade to US$20 billion (694 billion baht) by 2020 from its current value of $15 billion.
Transgender in transition
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 18/07/2015
» Verbal abuse can hurt, and those whom society labels as kathoey are only too aware of the barbs. But the narrow minds are slowly opening and the derogatory sense of the word is no longer quite as nasty.