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Thai rights body sounds alarm about vaping
Post Reporters, Published on 22/08/2025
» The National Human Rights Commission of Thailand (NHRC) has called for urgent action to tighten regulations on e-cigarettes following a sharp rise in usage among children and adolescents.
Sustaining healthcare in volatile times
Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 18/08/2025
» Health care is pivotal for human well-being. Yet in today's precarious world, it is pressured by diminishing resources, demographic variables, warfare and violence, and environmental degradation. Sustaining health care thus requires insightful planning and implementation, no less for Thailand and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) regions.
Time to act on information warfare
Oped, Published on 01/08/2025
» As tensions escalate along the Thai-Cambodian border, the unfolding conflict has become not only a confrontation of arms but also a war of narratives. For many in Thailand, this is the first time war has felt real. Not distant, not historical, but tangible: fighter jets in the sky, news of casualties, fear seeping into the national consciousness.
When no one is left behind in love
Oped, Published on 24/01/2025
» Thailand is making history as the first country in Southeast Asia to recognise marriage equality. By ensuring that all couples, regardless of their sexual orientation and gender identity, have the same rights to marry from the age of 18 and above, Thailand has sent a powerful message to the world: no one is left behind in love.
New releases for your streaming pleasure: March 20-26
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 20/03/2024
» Looking for a title to binge-watch this weekend? Here's our pick!
Ministry preps anti-discrimination bill
Post Reporters, Published on 12/11/2023
» The Justice Ministry is preparing to submit a bill on anti-discrimination to the cabinet for approval to reduce inequality in society, government spokesman Chai Wacharonke said on Saturday.
Royal defamation rulings reach 100
Published on 31/10/2023
» The courts have handed down 100 rulings, including 79 convictions, in royal defamation cases since the use of Section 112 of the Criminal Code was revived two years ago, rights groups said on Tuesday.
Some good news for freedom of speech
Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 13/05/2023
» The World Press Freedom Day, concurrently May 3, was celebrated recently with a panel discussion at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand, which provided a fresh opportunity to catch up with news, especially on Thailand. It was also an occasion to reflect on international developments concerning the shrinking space for the free flow of information ("info-inhibition") in various settings.
Female shooter kills 3 children, 3 adults at Nashville school
AFP, Published on 28/03/2023
» WASHINGTON - A 28-year-old woman killed three children and three staff at a private elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday before being shot dead by police, in the latest outburst of gun violence to shock the United States.
Thai youth must be 'free to protest'
News, Published on 09/02/2023
» Thai youths must reclaim their freedom to demonstrate peacefully and freely as they are the country's future, urged human rights activists and academics at a conference on Thai student protests.