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Push to reopen North Korean abduction case
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 02/12/2025
» A human rights group is calling on the Thai government to revive efforts to resolve the case of Anocha Panjoy, a Chiang Mai native abducted by North Korean agents in 1978.
Anocha saga reopens
News, Editorial, Published on 02/12/2024
» Anocha Panjoy's disappearance 46 years ago remains a haunting chapter in Thailand's history.
Death clip 'disrespectful'
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 30/10/2023
» The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has voiced strong disapproval of Israel's display of a video clip of the brutal killing of a victim, asserted to be a Thai national, at a recent United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meeting.
Decide on evacuation, says PM
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 19/10/2023
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has advised Thais in Israel to decide now if they want to evacuate the Middle Eastern country, warning of global concerns around the situation there and considering the Thai death toll has now reached 30.
OHCHR hails push to end abductions
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/11/2022
» The UN Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR) has praised the enactment of Thailand's Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance Act, 2022, but noted that more could've been done to meet international standards.
One middleman enough in conflict
News, Asmadee Bueheng, Published on 24/10/2022
» Yahree Dueloh left his village in the southernmost border district of Narathiwat a decade ago, crossed the Kolok River and settled in Rantau Panjang on the Malaysian side of the border, not far from the river that serves as the official border between the two countries.
Cops rescue hostages, nab suspects
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 17/06/2021
» Crime Suppression Division (CSD) police have rescued two hostages that were being held for ransom and arrested four alleged kidnappers in Songkhla's Singha Nakhon district.
More girls go missing than boys, report reveals
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 11/01/2020
» A total of 244 children in Thailand went missing last year with the number of missing girls 50% higher than boys, according to a report released on Friday by the Mirror Foundation, an NGO which helps families with missing children.
Horror of the disappeared
News, Editorial, Published on 11/02/2019
» Cases of the sudden disappearance of political dissidents continue to mount. The latest such case occurred in daytime, inside a well-known Bangkok mall. Truong Duy Nhat, a well-known journalist and blogger in Vietnam, was seized and dragged out of Future Park shopping centre. He had just registered his personal details and applied for asylum through the UN refugee office. His disappearance on Jan 26 has received the usual silence from governments involved.
Saudi teenager's bid for asylum must be respected
News, Jeremy Walden-Schertz, Published on 10/01/2019
» The Saudi diplomat has given away any pretense that it is a "family matter".