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'Alarming deterioration' of US press freedom under Trump, says RSF
AFP, Published on 02/05/2025
» PARIS - Media rights group RSF warned Friday about "an alarming deterioration in press freedom" in the United States under President Donald Trump as well as "unprecedented" difficulties for independent journalists around the world.
Protecting urban memory
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 29/04/2025
» Penprapa Ployseesuay did not know her husband's family had been the guardians of the Chao Mae Thapthim Shrine until they married in 1997. She quit her factory job in Nakhon Pathom and relocated to Bangkok to start a family. Despite the departure of her husband, she has been unwavering in her caretaking duties.
Pundit says China to gain from tariff move
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 21/04/2025
» US President Donald Trump's tariff policy is likely to make China even stronger and clarify the trend of manufacturing base relocation from China to other countries, including Thailand, says Sompop Manarungsan, president of the Panyapiwat Institute of Management.
‘CHUANG Asia Season 2’ Announces the 7 Winners!
Published on 17/04/2025
» CHUANG Asia Season 2, The mega-project international idol survival and one of WeTV’s flagship content series, has reached its thrilling conclusion. After months of fierce competition, the show has officially announced its final 7 trainees who will debut as the new boy group band “NexT1DE” (Next-Tide) are No.1 DORN with 4,579,164 votes, No.2 THI-O with 4,281,436 votes, No.3 HU YETAO with 3,692,691 votes, No.4 SHEN with 2,484,722 votes, No.5 OMAR with 1,943,494 votes, No.6 XIONG with 1,793,535 votes, and No.7 YAO ZIHAO with 1,668,350 votes. The GRAND DEBUT NIGHT was an overwhelming success, WeTV Thailand app recorded over 700,000 users, and more than 144 million votes were cast through the WeTV application throughout the entire season. Additionally, the hashtag for CHUANG Asia Season 2 trended at #1 in Thailand, maintaining its position in the Top Trending list for 24 hours straight.
US must change course with Myanmar
Oped, Brahma Chellaney, Published on 11/04/2025
» Myanmar needs help. After more than four years of brutal civil war, the country has been hit by a 7.7-magnitude earthquake, the strongest it has suffered since 1946. The resulting humanitarian crisis is dire, and continues to escalate, but despite an extraordinary appeal for international aid from Myanmar's military ruler, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the US has largely failed to deliver.
A losing game
Oped, Postbag, Published on 03/04/2025
» Re: "Get tough on stock market misconduct", (Opinion, March 26).
'Heartbreaking' floods swamp Australia's cattle country
AFP, Published on 01/04/2025
» SYDNEY — Whole herds of cattle have drowned in vast inland floods seeping across the Australian outback, officials said Tuesday as the muddy tide drenched an area the size of France.
Sudan army advances after retaking Khartoum palace
AFP, Published on 22/03/2025
» KHARTOUM - Sudan’s military said on Saturday that it seized several key buildings in central Khartoum from paramilitary control after army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan promised “full liberation” following the recapture of the presidential palace.
Sudan army retakes presidential palace from RSF
AFP, Published on 21/03/2025
» KHARTOUM — Sudan's army said it recaptured the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on Friday after a fierce battle.
Submit to the cycle
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 14/03/2025
» Last night and the early hours of today saw the Blood Moon total lunar eclipse visible in the sky across most of the Western Hemisphere. The astronomical phenomenon occurred in the middle of Ramadan -- the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar.