AFTER listening to reporters sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to him yesterday, Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha – who turns 61 today – said he would like to have the hearts and support from members of the press as his birthday present. Meanwhile, a Government House journalist wished him success in his work – and a lot […]
In a mobile-quality video shot shortly before setting out to ISIS stronghold Al-Raqqa city, Japanese Journalist Kenji Goto said the Syrian people have been suffering for three years and a half, and that he intends to report on ISIS and their actions in Syria. “It’s enough,” he exclaimed. On February 1, the world awoke to […]
A video allegedly showing the beheading of American photojournalist James Wright Foley, who has been missing in Syria for 636 days, by the terror organisation the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) was released today. In their video, which has been verified, the group claims that the beheading is “a message to the US […]
BANGKOK – German photojournalist who was assaulted by anti-government protesters last year has urged the police to step up the investigation against his attackers. Nick Nostitz, a freelancer, told Khaosod that he filed charge against anti-government protest leader and former Democrat Party MP Chumpol Jumsai on 26 November 2013, a day after Mr. Chumpol told […]
Three journalists from the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television news network have been sentenced to seven years in jail by a court in Cairo today for spreading false news and helping the Muslim Brotherhood group which are now banned as terrorists. The three journalists — the Australian correspondent Peter Greste, Canadian-Egyptian journalist and Cairo bureau chief for […]
BANGKOK — Foreign reporters and bloggers will be invited on a government-sponsored trip to Thailand in an effort to boost the country’s struggling tourism industry, says the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). “We will invite around 1,000 members of the press and bloggers to tour attractions in Thailand,” said TAT director Thawatchai Aranyik. Read more: […]
BANGKOK — A Thai reporter who worked for Al Jazeera was run over and killed by a taxi last night, police say. Metee Mooktaree was crossing Sukhumvit Road under Ploenchit BTS Station at around midnight when he was hit by a speeding taxi, said Pol.Col. Chaiya Kongsap, commander of the Lumpini Police Station in Bangkok. […]
The Thai Journalists Association on Monday demanded undercover police cease wearing copies of an armband issued by the TJS to identify members of the press, and stop posing as reporters when moving in to arrest anti-coup protesters. Read more: Bangkok Post
