BANGKOK, 8 May 2016 (NNT) – Ten journalists who have displayed a strong ethical and moral code of behavior were honored by the national police chief, Pol Gen Chakthip Chaijinda. Pol Gen Chakthip officiated at an award-presenting ceremony where ten journalists were granted certificates and plaques honoring their commitment to adherence to media codes of […]
The Thai Journalists Association Monday called on on the National Council for Peace and Order to release the detained journalist. In its press statement, the TJA also called on the NCPO to clarify its action, saying the arrest did not only threaten the Thai people’s rights of expression but also affected the country’s image. Read […]
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand today issued a statement calling on the Thai security authorities to drop criminal charge pressed on a HK journalist in wearing life protective gears while covering the bomb explosion incident on Ratchaprasong last Monday. Hok Chun ‘Anthony’ Kwan, who was assigned by Initium Media Technology last week to cover […]
BANGKOK, 5 August 2015 (NNT) – A Thai language expert has urged mass media to use correct Thai grammar to set a good example for youths. Former member of the Royal Society and Thai language expert Professor Kanchana Naksakul spoke at a Thai language seminar, criticizing modern media for incorrect usage in terms of both […]
PHUKET: The trial of Phuketwan journalists Alan Morison, 67, and Chutima Sidasathian, 34, began in Phuket today (July 14). The two face charges of defamation, which is a criminal charge in Thailand, and with offences under the Computer Crimes Act. Read more: thephuketnews.com
The Thai Journalilsts Association has hit back at Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha for accusing the printed media of getting paid by some politicians to unfairly criticise the government. Upon his return from a meeting in Myanmar on June 23, the prime minister, in his encounter with the media, complained about the media keep pestering him […]
BANGKOK — Four media organizations in Thailand have released a joint statement calling on the ruling military junta to cease restricting freedom of the press on the occasion of World Media Freedom Day. The statement was issued by representatives of the Thai Journalist Association, the Thai Broadcast Journalist Association, the National Press Council, and the […]
Four core media bodies have expressed alarm over the military regime’s power to ban media reports, invoked under Section 44 of the interim charter, and called on the junta to define the order’s scope. They are the Thai Journalists Association (TJA), the National Press Council of Thailand, the Thai Broadcast Journalists Association, and the News […]
