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1 month ago | 
voanews.com | Vijitra Duangdee
The United Nations led criticism Thursday of Thailand’s government over its deportation to China of 40 Uyghurs held for more than a decade in detention in Bangkok. The deportation came despite warnings that the Uyghurs face persecution and the risk of torture if handed over to Chinese authorities.
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2 months ago | 
aljazeera.com | Erin Hale |Vijitra Duangdee
Bangkok, Thailand - At the end of January, Cambodia's Khmer HIV/AIDS NGO Alliance was unexpectedly informed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) that all funding for its tuberculosis programme had been put on hold for 90 days.
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2 months ago | 
international.thenewslens.com | Vijitra Duangdee
What you need to know Myanmar's scam operations, based in Myawaddy, are expanding south along the Thai border. By Vijitra DuangdeeBANGKOK — Myanmar’s scam operations are expanding south along Thailand’s border, authorities have told VOA in recent days, and will continue operating as long as their access to SIM cards, Starlink satellites, electricity and the key human resources — scammers — continues.
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2 months ago | 
voanews.com | Vijitra Duangdee
Myanmar’s scam operations are expanding south along Thailand’s border, authorities have told VOA in recent days, and will continue operating as long as their access to SIM cards, Starlink satellites, electricity and the key human resources — scammers — continues. The Myawaddy area in Myanmar, opposite the Thai border town of Mae Sot, is the “global capital” of scams, opposition People’s Party lawmaker Rangsiman Rome told VOA on Wednesday.
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2 months ago | 
khmer.voanews.com | Vijitra Duangdee
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
voanews.com | Vijitra Duangdee
Hundreds of LGBTQ+ couples married in Thailand Thursday as the kingdom became the third place in Asia to legalize same-sex unions. The decision carries serious economic potential in that country. The new law came into effect on Thursday, following only Taiwan and Nepal in Asia. It also makes Thailand the first Southeast Asian nation to recognize same-sex marriage, in a region of several Muslim-majority nations where homosexuality is outlawed on religious grounds.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
voanews.com | Vijitra Duangdee
In an uneven year for democracy and rights globally, the Asia-Pacific region saw some encouraging signs, Human Rights Watch says in its World Report 2025, released today. The organization cited citizen action by Indian voters against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the toppling of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by students, and a people’s protest blocking a bid by South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to disempower political opponents by using martial law.
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
voanews.com | Vijitra Duangdee
Rural voters may have permanently turned away from the Shinawatra family and its Pheu Thai party, former loyalists warn, after Thailand’s dominant political clan welcomed a fresh cohort of conservative one-time rivals into its coalition Cabinet. These include prominent royalists who have backed coups and deadly crackdowns on the Red Shirt protest movement, which emerged to protest a 2006 coup that deposed then-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
voaindonesia.com | Vijitra Duangdee
This image contains sensitive content which some people may find offensive or disturbing. ImagesMultimediaEmbedded ContentCommentsLink has been copied to clipboard TeruskanDinasti Shinawatra di Thailand Kembali Berkuasa, tetapi Sampai Kapan?
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
voanews.com | Vijitra Duangdee
Promoted to the prime minister’s office after a court ruling took out her predecessor, experts say Thailand’s youngest ever leader, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, may be the last card her political dynasty has to play as it seeks to win back the Thai electorate. But the risks of frontline Thai power have been spotlighted in recent weeks by judges who have once more shown they are willing to shape the politics of a kingdom trapped in a two decade-long political crisis.
