Tag: Students

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August 12, 2020December 6, 2023

Student union defiant as Monday’s protest raises concerns of political violence

A defiant Thammasat University student union is maintaining that the views expressed during the protest rally at the university’s Rangsit campus on Monday night, including allegedly improper references to the Monarchy, are legitimate and in line with the Thai Constitution and international rules regarding political rights. In an undated statement, the union voiced sympathy for […]

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Thai schoolgirls at pedestrian overpass in Bangkok

News

August 11, 2020December 6, 2023

Schools in Thailand to Resume On-Site Classes on August 13

BANGKOK, Aug 11 (TNA) – The Office of The Basic Education Commission (OBEC) instructed all schools under its administration to resume on-site classes on Aug 13 while they are required to comply the stringent public health measures. Minister of Education, Nataphol Teepsuwan said after a meeting of the ad hoc committee on easing Covid-19 restrictions […]

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News

August 8, 2020December 6, 2023

Schools conditionally set to reopen as normal on August 13th

A panel of the CCSA has agreed to allow schools to reopen as normal, tentatively on August 13th, without the need for social distancing, but students will be required to keep a daily record of where they go after school. The Office of Basic Education Commission (OBEC) proposed the normal reopening of 4,500 schools under […]

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Posters on Bangla Road in Patong, Phuket

Phuket

July 27, 2020

Phuket students hold anti-government protest

PHUKET: Some 350 students turned out for an anti-government rally at Saphan Hin on the outskirts of Phuket Town yesterday evening (July 26) calling for the government to step down and criticising its handling of the COVID-19 economic crisis and the ensuing mass unemployment that has arisen throughout the country. The protest, which began at […]

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Royal Thai Police Toyota Fortuner SUV at Inspector General's Department, Sutthisan Police Station in Bangkok

News

July 26, 2020December 6, 2023

Anti-government protests continue in provinces

Anti-government demonstrations by students and other young people were held in several provinces outside Bangkok on Saturday. Protesters called for a House dissolution, an end to intimidation of the people and the rewriting of the constitution. In Kanchanaburi, at about 5.40pm a group of about 50 young people comprising secondary school and university students in […]

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The Government House Building or Koo Fah in Bangkok

Bangkok

July 25, 2020

Anti-Government Activists Rally at Government House

BANGKOK, July 24 (TNA) – Protesters burned the photos of the prime minister and his deputy in a rally outside Government House on Friday as anti-government activists step up their demand for a fresh election. Two student groups staged the protest, the latest in a series of anti-government activities since the Student Union of Thailand […]

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A young boy gets his hair cut in Bangkok

News

July 10, 2020December 6, 2023

Thai schools told they cannot arbitrarily cut students’ hair

Thailand’s Ministry of Education has issued a letter, to all schools under its jurisdiction, to abrogate the 1975 regulations, regarding their students’ hair style and length, and to forbid the arbitrary cutting of students’ hair at school. Education Permanent Secretary Mr. Prasert Boonruang, who also serves as the spokesman for the Education Ministry, said that […]

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Boat on the Kwai Noi River in Kanchanaburi

North

April 12, 2020

Bodies of missing Kanchanaburi girl students found in Kwai Noi river

KANCHANABURI: The bodies of two girl students who went missing on Friday in the Kwai Noi river in this western province were recovered on Sunday, authorities said. The first body was found on Sunday morning stuck at a fish basket near Wat Chorakhae Phuak in tambon Chorakhe Phuak of Dan Makham Tia district by villagers. […]

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