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Former political prisoner Somyot laments harsh reality of ride-hailing work
Online Reporters, Published on 21/07/2025
» Labour activist and former political prisoner Somyot Pruksakasemsuk has reignited debate about gig-worker exploitation, revealing that he earned just 320 baht from a full day working as a ride-hail driver.
Impact of US foreign aid cut in Asia to be minimal
News, Published on 28/06/2025
» The freeze and subsequent reduction of US foreign aid for democracy promotion in Asia, following the Executive Order signed on Jan 20, had a broadly limited impact.
The challenges of the Constitutional Court
News, Post Reporters, Published on 25/06/2025
» The Constitutional Court has endured significant political pressure and played a major role in navigating the country through repeated political crises, including the dissolution of political parties in the past three decades since its establishment, a seminar was told.
Soft power: BTS fans rally behind Korean international adoptees
AFP, Published on 17/06/2025
» SEOUL — Korean pop (K-pop) megaband BTS is back from military service, and their international fandom -- long known for its progressive activism -- is celebrating by rallying behind a cause: adoptees from South Korea.
UN: Israel committing ‘extermination’ in Gaza
Published on 10/06/2025
» VIENNA - A new United Nations report accuses Israel of committing the crime against humanity of “extermination” by killing civilians sheltering in schools and religious sites in Gaza, as part of a “concerted campaign to obliterate Palestinian life”.
George Floyd's uncertain legacy marked in US five years on
AFP, Published on 26/05/2025
» MINNEAPOLIS - Americans on Sunday marked five years since George Floyd was killed by a US police officer, as President Donald Trump backtracks on reforms designed to tackle racism.
Defending our rights is now even deadlier
Oped, Published on 09/05/2025
» The harassment, detention, torture, and eventual murder in 2006 of Anna Politkovskaya, a Russian investigative journalist who exposed government corruption, the horrors of the Second Chechen War, and the increasingly autocratic regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin, is the subject of a new film, Words of War.
Top feminists speak of paths to activism at Bangkok Post forum
Published on 13/03/2025
» Some of Thailand’s most famous feminists spoke at the Bangkok Post's Women Vision event on Thursday about their work advocating for women’s rights and menstrual health, and against sexual violence.
French divorcee who stopped having sex with husband wins court appeal
Published on 23/01/2025
» PARIS - A woman, who was blamed by French courts for her divorce because she no longer had sex with her husband, has won an appeal in Europe's top human rights court, the court said on Thursday, reigniting a debate in France over women's rights.