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NBTC targets Thai-Korean TV cooperation
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 29/12/2022
» The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) is pushing for cooperation between South Korean broadcasters and Thai television operators to elevate the potential of Thai TV programmes in the long term and promote soft power abroad.
Facebook's Most Popular Posts Were Trash. Here Is How It Cleaned Up.
Business, Published on 24/11/2022
» Earlier this year, Meta Platforms Inc. quietly convened a war room of staffers to address a critical problem: virtually all of Facebook's top-ranked content was spammy, oversexualized or generally what the company classified as regrettable.
People-centred justice
Published on 10/11/2022
» Since its inception in 2011, the Thailand Institute of Justice (TIJ) has paid attention to the different demands and complex backgrounds of female prisoners. Years later, TIJ initiated a street food programme to support stigmatised former inmates to get a job and it has been a devout promoter of people-centred justice in action. In a society where some feel the justice system doesn’t serve them, the concept that ‘justice needs surveys’ is needed more than ever.
Women against the odds
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 21/03/2022
» It has been more than a century since International Women's Day was first celebrated in 1911, but the themes of women's empowerment and gender equality remain as essential today as they did then.
'Out with man haters', cry Korean anti-feminists
Asia focus, Published on 17/01/2022
» SEOUL: They have shown up whenever women rallied against sexual violence and gender bias in South Korea. Dozens of young men, mostly dressed in black, taunted the protesters, squealing and chanting, "Thud! Thud!" to imitate the noise they said the "ugly feminist pigs" made when they walked.
‘If I had a choice, I would quit’ – the unheard cry of exploited boy sex workers
Published on 14/05/2021
» It’s a cliché story retold and repeated in literature and television dramas: a vulnerable pre-teen violently hit by a stepfather, is forced to leave the house and go onto the street with no means or skills to survive with dignity, and ends up a lonely prostitute in the big city. If you think that’s just how the life of some girls unfold, it’s only half the story.
Being an everyday woman
Asia focus, Pattama Kuentak, Published on 14/12/2020
» It's hard being a woman. We live in constant fear: fear of harassment, stalking, violence, abuse, assault, and even murder.
Pandemic of abuse
Asia focus, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 27/07/2020
» Stay-at-home and lockdown measures have helped to contain the greatest public-health threat the world has seen in decades. But as Covid-19 receded in many countries, a new public-health crisis was emerging behind closed doors, with increased domestic violence against women and children.
Marriage for everyone
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 13/07/2020
» Since my university days, I have had a number of gay friends, most of whom are living happily either in Thailand or abroad. But only recently have I started to see a major shift of attitudes in Thai society toward lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.
Setting female talent free
Asia focus, Published on 13/04/2020
» As more societies make efforts to create a fairer future for all their citizens, women are gaining better access to many domains previously dominated by men. However, great disparities still exist in the labour market, and much more must be done to unleash the talent suppressed under the patriarchy, say advocates for women.