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Most Thais not red or yellow
Jon Fernquest, Published on 29/03/2011
» The loudest protesters are not always the "voice of the people" they claim to be.
Justice system reform
Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/03/2011
» Magsaysay laureate Jon Unphakorn on the hidden inequities in Thailand's legal system.
Be skinny and white!
Jon Fernquest, Published on 04/03/2011
» The "skinny and white" ideal pushed by ad agencies and Thai Airways is a health hazard and discriminates against many regions in the country.
Prospects for ending the death penalty in Thailand
Jon Fernquest, Published on 14/12/2010
» During the last decade executions trickled to a halt in Thailand. Will a new law end them completely? Or will they begin anew?
Thaksin invite creates a stir
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 07/12/2010
» News that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been invited to the US for a talk on human rights is creating a big reaction here in Thailand.
Fresh leadership
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 02/12/2010
» The UDD have a new and very different kind of leader in Thida Thavornseth, the wife of Dr Weng Tojirakarn.
Thank Thnic
Database, Published on 01/12/2010
» Mark Dec 16 as a significant day; Thnic, the Thai Network Information Centre Foundation that manages the Internet names for Thailand, said it will begin serving the dot-thai top-level domain name in Thai on that day; Thai joins a tiny (but growing) handful of languages that can be used throughout the World Wide Web and Internet in general as actual addresses; at press time, Thnic had still not announced how to reserve a dot-thai name in Thai, but that should happen any day now; in the beginning, registration for the Thai-language domain name will be restricted to those already holding a dot-th domain name in English.
UN recognises our youth
Learningpost, Purich Trivitayakhun, Published on 07/09/2010
» The United Nations (UN) defines youths as people aged from 15 to 24. This age group consists of 1.2 billion people, or 18 percent of the world's population. Of this number, 700 million live in the Asia-Pacific region.
Censorship versus security
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 18/08/2010
» Freedom of speech, abuse of power by the government, and the new norms of a democratic society empowered by the Internet were all topics discussed by a wide variety of speakers at a seminar on the third anniversary of the Computer Misuse Act, often known as the Cybercrime law, hosted by the Thai Netizen Network, Media 4 Democracy and the Southeast Asia Press Alliance.
Hold your Tongue
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 25/07/2010
» Back in 2004, the then prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, hit on a bright idea.