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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?
Hope dies in Thailand's broken system
Oped, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 28/02/2025
» A woman, stunned, her husband holding her hand as she walks down the courthouse stairs. Prof Pirongrong Ramasoota, a respected scholar and commissioner of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), has been sentenced to two years in jail. Her crime? Having a dispute with a corporate giant during her work as a state media regulator.
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.
Koh Lipe villagers suffer 'Paradise Lost'
Oped, Paskorn Jumlongrach, Published on 16/12/2022
» While Satun's Lipe island in the Andaman sea has gained recognition as a tourist paradise, its beauty is the cause of deep trouble for Urak Lawoi -- an indigenous group that has been living on this pristine island for over a century.
Finding heritage-based fixes for floods
Oped, Montira Horayangura Unakul, Published on 27/10/2022
» Whenever floods ravage Thailand, we hear many calls to enlarge drainage channels, construct new riverside barriers and build more pumping stations. But despite years of heroic engineering work, floods keep wreaking havoc.
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.
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.
Jakarta junket
Oped, Postbag, Published on 24/04/2021
» Re: "Govt ducks Myanmar Asean challenge," (Opinion, April 23).
Sea gypsies still strive for security
Oped, Paskorn Jumlongrach, Published on 11/06/2020
» Ten years ago this month, the Abhisit Vejjajiva administration issued a ground-breaking resolution that aimed to improve the livelihood of sea gypsies in the South, ensure community land rights, and restore their traditions.
Listen to needs of Moken sea gypsies
News, Paskorn Jumlongrach, Published on 15/02/2019
» While the state deserves praises for swiftly acting to rebuild the Moken community in Ao Bon Yai on the Surin Islands that was devastated by a recent fire, the government should try to move beyond "conventional" charity affairs and focus on the dignity, the quality of lives, and the actual needs of indigenous communities.