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Bridge-building for ethnic concerns
Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 08/05/2025
» Recent months have witnessed intense negotiations in Thailand's parliament concerning the proposed new law on the protection and promotion of the livelihood of ethnic groups. Can the various gaps be truly bridged?
Embracing a greener economy
News, Muthukumara Mani, Published on 11/11/2024
» Thailand stands at a pivotal crossroads. While it has progressed from a low-income to an upper-middle-income economy, its path to high-income status faces formidable obstacles.
Legal protection for ethnic groups
Editorial, Published on 29/09/2024
» For too long, Thailand's indigenous peoples and ethnic minorities have faced marginalisation, discrimination and neglect. A new bill to protect their rights and culture aims to change that.
Protect indigenous rights and culture
Editorial, Published on 06/08/2023
» As the world observes International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples this week, it is undeniable that indigenous communities in Thailand continue to endure persecution and discrimination.
Indigenous rights bill languishes
News, Editorial, Published on 21/08/2022
» Thailand is home to over 6 million indigenous people. Yet many are outlawed, denied basic rights, and subject to many forms of oppression. This must change.
Why only now?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 29/03/2022
» Re: "Depts to curb energy usage", (BP, March 23).
Heed the global messages against discrimination
News, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 03/02/2022
» The past couple of months have seen two global developments sending strong messages against discrimination and exclusion. On Jan 13, the UN General Assembly adopted by consensus a key resolution against denial of the Holocaust, advocating stronger action against such a refutation on an international level.
Forget 'wai khru', pay homage to equality instead
News, Pattamawan Jimarkon Zilli, Published on 27/09/2019
» The notification was in my inbox a few weeks ago that our faculty would not hold a Teachers' Day ceremony or wai khru, a ceremony to pay homage to teachers, this year. The students had the option to join the university's main ceremony or they could just get on with their lives on that particular Thursday.
Hun Sen plays global politics with election
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 31/07/2018
» The international community, through the United Nations, helped Cambodia to organise its first and only "free and fair" elections in 1993. It was a wonderful moment for a country emerging from civil war, which has confidently moved forward ever since. Cambodia has been very much on its own, with up and down political contours. This past Sunday, Cambodia held its sixth election, with the Cambodian People's Party winning the majority of seats.