Commentary
Google Thailand celebrates Siam’s first ever female doctor
Today marks the 122nd birthday of Thailand’s first-ever female doctor -- and Google has dedicated a special doodle to celebrate her life and legacy with the kingdom.Margaret Lin Xavier or Khun Ying Srivisanvaja -- more commonly known as Dr. Lin --...
Current Affairs
Environmentalists warn that PM2.5 could return as country resumes normal activities
With the world in lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, nature is thriving. People living in the most polluted cities are experiencing the bluest skies and cleanest airs in years.A special research report by IQAir highlights these findings.PM2.5...
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True refuses to unblock pornhub after an online spat with netizens
A row between an internet user and internet service provider True over the pornographic website Pornhub on Monday night highlighted the limits of the country's freedom of expression.The row started when a twitter user asked True's customer service...
Covid-19
Environmental Justice Foundation working with locals in Thailand to make seas free of old fishing nets
The Environmental Justice Foundation is teaming up with local villagers throughout Thailand to recycle and reuse old discarded fishing nets to ease pollution in the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea.According to the EJF, 640,000 tons of...
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Grading Thailand’s 13 successful coups
Thailand has had 13 successful coups (and many more coup attempts) since the start of the 20th century. More than enough for multiple lifetimes.Since there has been so many, we decided to hand out grades to all of...
Commentary
Opinion: Destructive criticism of struggling English teacher says more about cyberbullies than Thai education system
When the Ministry of Education officially launched its online distance learning channel (DLTV) on Monday, the internet was not happy.Under the new trending hashtag #เรียนออนไลน์ (#onlinelearning), many took to social media to express their frustrations over the overall quality,...
Commentary
Opinion: On Forgetting April and May of 2010
I was only 13 when April and May 2010 happened, I barely had political consciousness then.“Most of the political voices of our generation were still playing Pokemon,” as one Twitter commentator put it. But I remember the entire...
Commentary
Opinion: The violence of April and May 2010 remains senseless ten years later
The red shirt protests of 2010 was my first real assignment. After an uneventful internship in the Middle East and various freelance jobs, stringing for multinational news organizations during the red shirt protests gave me exposure to real...
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Leading women rights organizations call for safe abortion services during the coronavirus pandemic
CHOICES Network Thailand, along with 55 other civil society organizations and 559 petitioners, petitioned the Department of Health, Ministry of Public Health to issue immediate measures to ensure women have access to safe abortion services during the Covid-19 outbreak....
Commentary
Why Do We Believe in Conspiracies?
When I was young, I believed that adults all had telepathy and it was something that didn’t activate until you were 20. It sounds ridiculous now, but at the time, it seems like adults can sometimes read my mind....
