Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Lynette Lee Corporal û Asia Media Forum* BANGKOK, Jul 2 (IPS) – Thailand’s media are not very happy these days, and it’s not only because of an emergency decree that turns three months old next week. There are also government-instigated ‘media reforms’ in the offing, which has upset [...]
THAILAND: Scientists Race to Find Microspecies Useful for Medicine
June 10, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Nantiya Tangwisutijit* BANGKOK, June 10, 2010 (IPS/IFEJ) – She spends so much time immersed in water that she may soon turn into a mermaid. But Jariya Sakayaroj looks like she does not mind even if she ends up developing scales. A microbiologist with the Bioresources Technology Unit [...]
THAILAND: In Wake of Crackdown, Anger Peaks against Foreign Media
June 7, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Lynette Lee Corporal* BANGKOK, June 6, 2010 (IPS/Asia Media Forum) – Resentment here toward the foreign media had been simmering in the wake of the Thai government’s crackdown against protesters in May, but it nearly came to a boil when Thai panelists aired their frustrations recently about [...]
THAILAND: Gov’t Tightens Noose on Thaksin with Terrorism Charge
May 31, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, May 31, 2010 (IPS) – Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s list of political firsts has one more entry. He is now wanted as a "terrorist," becoming the first former Thai leader to be slapped with that charge. But this fourth mark of distinction [...]
THAILAND: Red Shirt Stage Offers Platform to Marginalised Culture
May 26, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Marwaan Macan-Markar KHON KAEN, Thailand, May 26, 2010 (IPS) – She sang till the very end on a stage she could never call her own. That is how people in this provincial city describe the performances that Wanida Pimdeed gave in Bangkok, some 450 kilometres away, for [...]
Thai, Argentine Textile Workers Unite Against Slave Labour
May 24, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Marcela Valente BUENOS AIRES, May 23 (IPS) – Textile cooperatives founded by former slave labourers from Argentina and Thailand will jointly launch a new brand of clothing in June to raise awareness about exploitation and promote decent jobs in the garment industry. On Jun. 4, La Alameda from [...]
THAILAND: Bangkok Burns after Protest Leaders Surrender
May 19, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Johanna Son BANGKOK, May 19, 2010 (IPS) – If there were any hopes that Wednesday’s surrender by the leaders of Thailand’s biggest anti-government protests in decades would instantly ease tensions, these were dashed by the ugly spasms of violence that wracked this capital soon after they turned [...]
THAILAND: Mayhem Has Little Room for Rights, Restraint
May 19, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Johanna Son BANGKOK, MAy 18, 2010 (IPS) – Amid gunfire and street battles here and heated, divided emotions playing out in Thailand’s worst political crisis in decades, there has been little room for discussing human rights, restraint and finding a middle ground. This is despite cautious hope [...]
THAILAND: Violence, Uncertainty Follow Gov’t Crackdown
May 16, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Johanna Son BANGKOK, May 16, 2010 (IPS) – Burning tyres and buses with plumes of smoke billowing from them. Sniper shots and grenade attacks. Deaths and injuries. No-go zones in the Thai capital. These are what Bangkok residents have been seeing since the evening of May 13, [...]
THAILAND: Media Grapple with Questions of Credibility, Bias
May 16, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Lynette Lee Corporal* BANGKOK, May 15, 2010 (IPS/Asia Media Forum) – Two months into Thailand’s anti-government protests and as an army-led blockade is underway to end them, the media are struggling with challenges to their credibility and perceptions of bias in the South-east Asian country’s gravest political [...]
