• OPINION

  Making change via K-Pop and Thai-Y

  Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 04/05/2022

  » K-Pop and artistic ripples through films and other forms of entertainment from South Korea have been conquering the world in recent years, as part of soft power and smart power.

• OPINION

  Handle Myanmar influxes with care

  Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 19/04/2024

  » 'Preparedness" and "humane response" offer keywords for handling the various mass influxes from Myanmar. Those influxes might range from civilians in search of refuge to fighters ("combatants") in flight, all the more poignant today because of the armed conflagration in that country and the precarious border situation.

• OPINION

  Gender gaps in politics and business

  Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 30/03/2024

  » Thailand's most recent report on women's rights -- available on the United Nations' website -- is part of the eighth cycle of reporting under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), to which the country became a party in 1985.

• OPINION

  Reconfiguring Thailand's constitution

  Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 18/01/2024

  » A key debate this year will be the question of constitutional reform. The current constitution -- the 20th -- is the product of a coup d'etat.

• OPINION

  Having another go at a UNHRC seat

  Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 03/08/2023

  » Thailand is planning to be a candidate in the next round of elections for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), with voting on the matter due at the UN General Assembly in 2024 for a seat in 2025-2027. What might be the reasonable expectations for this and what might be an appropriate strategy for the nation to be sufficiently self-prepared?

• OPINION

  Litigation embroiling Thai politics

  News, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 17/07/2023

  » Thailand is faced with key cases before the judiciary and state agencies which shape not only the fate of litigants but also the political and social space surrounding them.

• OPINION

  Poll outcome invites shared wisdom

  News, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 22/05/2023

  » That was the week that was, beginning on May 14, 2023, Thailand's monumental and momentous national election day. The results of the election were historically in favour of democratic change, with the Move Forward Party (MFP) gaining the most seats in the Lower House. It is leading a coalition of parties, aspiring to form the next government and winning over 310 seats in total, despite shenanigans from arch-conservatives.

• OPINION

  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.

• OPINION

  Humanising policy towards refugees

  Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 02/03/2023

  » The recent death of a Uighur man -- who had sought refuge in Thailand and was subsequently detained for nearly a decade, was a sad reflection of the unbalanced response towards persons who seek refuge, or "refugees", in this country. Various groups currently seek protection from persecution, armed conflicts and key human rights violations in their country of origin, and they deserve to be treated decently and humanely.

• OPINION

  Gateways for action on Myanmar crisis

  Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 11/01/2023

  » The coup in Myanmar in 2021 brought back to power a junta-based regime and compounded grave violations, adding fuel to a recurrent crisis. A constructive gateway for action in December 2022 was thus the adoption of the UN Security Council (SC) Resolution 2669, the first substantive resolution highlighting urgently needed measures on the issue.

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