Thailand Government promised new media protection law Thailand's Prime Minister pledged that the Government would improve its own media outlets, making them operate in line with the media reform policy, which includes allowing all sides to express ...

Thailand’s Computer Crime Act still a major threat to free expression The law was introduced in 2007 under the post-coup government of General Surayudh Chulanont. In that context it was immediately assailed as a political weapon by critics who claimed that ...

Does state of emergency justify censorship in Thailand ? According to a Thai media specialist, several media executives, including community radio managers, have been summoned to the headquarters of the 11th Infantry Regiment to be reprimanded for being overly ...

Reuters’ foresight of Thailand’s political crisis The world-renowned news agency made a prediction on the outcome of the Thai political crisis following the bloody confrontations between the security forces and the anti-government supporters on 10 April ...

Thailand’s Journalists under attack, reporting brought to a halt Reporters Without Borders condemns the violence against journalists by Red Shirt demonstrators and the government’s continual violation of the right to information. Thailand has rarely experienced the level of violence that was reached today, just hours after the army staged its assault on the Bangkok district occupied by former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s supporters.

Post Publishing to launch news broadcasting on NBT Bangkok, 11 May 2010 NNT – Post Publishing expands its business target by co-producing news with Channel 11 NBT, hoping to increase more rating as well as to compete with other leading channels. Editor in chief of The Post Publishing Public Co. Ltd, Mr Pichai Chuensuksawadi states that globalization has created a world which is more integrated and interconnected than ever before which makes news able to be broadcast at an instant it happens through all types of media.

Can Thailand’s Economy Survive its Politics? Looking at the empty hotels, shopping malls and office buildings in bamboo-barricaded Ratchaprasong, Thailand's economy appears headed back into recession. Yet a glance at the ports on the Eastern Seaboard ...

Social media role continues to grow in Thailand The social media continue to grow in popularity in Thailand, not only because networks like Facebook and Twitter generate two-way communication among friends, but also because they have become innovative tools for business.

More censorship amid mounting political tension in Thailand Reporters Without Borders joins the Thai Journalists Association and the Thai Broadcast Journalists Association in condemning grenade attacks on two Bangkok TV stations on the night of 27 March 2010. It is vital that the different political groups abstain from taking revenge on media that do not support their cause, as happened during the violence at the end of 2008.

Japanese Mitsuoka Motors may move auto production base to Thailand Mitsuoka Motors, a small Japanese automobile company which has had a Thai presence for the past two years, is considering moving its production base to the Kingdom. Although details are ...