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Searching for the Missing Freedom
Lee Yu Kyung in Bangkok Once upon a time, Thailand was a front runner (if not a ‘champion’) of freedom of expression and freedom of press in the region. It has witnessed, however, deteriorating freedom...
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“There’s no law to charge Somyot’’
<Interview & Comments> Sukunya Prueksakasemsuk, wife of Somyot Prueksakasemsuk – the lèse majesté convictee - As Somyot’s case to be brought to Appeal Court on April 1, stiff debate on the...
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Respect My Vote
‘Respect My Vote’ has become a nation-wide campaign in Thailand, where electoral democracy has been threatened many times for many years. Sure majority population want to continue the country’s...
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Coup, Defied
Another coup was declared on May 22, 2014 in Thailand. Yet it’s immediately defied by brave citizens in a few cities and provinces across the country for the past consecutive days. Honestly, I got fed...
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October 6, Remembered
The October 6 Massacre has marked 38th anniversary in Thailand. It was commemorated by handful of citizens and activists in Tammasat University in Bangkok on Monday. I never knew any perpetrator who...
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Apparent calm in ‘Thai District’
Note : The article below was first filed and published late December 2014. Lee Yu Kyung in Sumut Prakan and Bangkok, Thailand Samut Prakan is at the verge of Bangkok’s south east. Factories and...
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Brave Lights
It was ‘FOUR’, who were arrested by police in Bangkok on February 14 (fell on Valentine Day) for their peaceful protest against the Junta. The arrestees were student activists and a human rights lawyer...
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International Women’s Day, Bangkok Style
Having observed two consecutive events of International Women’s Day held in Bangkok on 7 and 8 March respectively, women in Thailand are confirmed leading forces for Democracy and Fundamental Rights....
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Noble Souls WalKing Wave
Hua Hin, located a few hours drive away from Bangkok, Thailand, it’s a noble city that is relatively immune from hustle bustle. Being granted exploring Mondayish wave, a friend and I together but apart...
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동성 파트너십, 봄바람은 불어도
레드 기획 / 제1058호 2015.04.22 동성혼 합법화 논의 주도하는 아시아 두 나라의 딜레마… 베트남 2012년 ‘다른 방향’ 없는 체제 덕에 동성혼 금지 조항 폐지, 타이 지난 1월 군정 의회에서 ‘제3의 성’ 신헌법에 넣겠다 밝혀 최근 타이 방콕에서 개최된 성소수자 관련 국제행사 뒤풀이 (© Lee Yu Kyung 2015) 사이몬(47)과...
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New Democracy Movement Declared, June 24 2015
Anti-coup student activists at Democracy Monument in Bangkok, Thailand on June 25 2015. 14 plus students from Bangkok and Khon Kaen university in North East have declared New Democracy Movement (or...
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히잡 벗기고 검은 두건 씌우는 게 ‘근대문명화’?
국제협약 어기고 타이에서 중국으로 강제 송환된 ‘120명’의 위구르족… 아내와 아이들은 터키로 남편은 중국으로 흩어져, 3주 흘렀지만 송환자의 운명은 깜깜무소식 제1073호 2015.08.05 “늦은 밤 비밀스럽게, 그것도 굳이 라마단 기간에 서둘러 쫓아내야 했는지 모르겠다.” 타이 무슬림 인권운동가인 앙카나 닐라파이짓은 지난 7월8일 밤 타이 정부가 이민성...
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온라인 검열 ‘새로고침’
타이 게이머는 사이버 전쟁 중… “나는 게이머(Gamer)다. 삶이 부재해서가 아니라 더 많은 삶을 향유하기 위해서다” 타이 게이머 프라윳(가명)은 “더 많은 삶”을 향유할 수 있는 온라인 공간을 “우리들의 집”이라 부른다. 그는 최근 만만찮은 적과 사이버 전쟁 중이다. 인터넷 검열에 혈안이 된 군사정부가 그의 상대다. F5, 즉 ‘새로고침’을 내건 그의...
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“I will not be a soldier in any violent army”
** Editor’s Note : Shorten version of the article published here Saturday, February 20, 2016 By Lee Yu Kyung When an army of journalists – happened to be all female – dressed as schoolgirls had burst...
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This is Not a Political Act
(Update) – 2년전 어제(3/12) 태국무슬림인권변호사 솜차이 닐라파이짓(Somchai Neelapaijit)은 자신의 차량에서 5명의 경찰에 강제로 끌려나온뒤 사라졌다. 솜차이는 당시 태국남부 분쟁주에서 반군혐의를 받던 무슬림 청년들의 변호를 맡고 있었다. 유엔기구에 따르면 태국에선 1980년 이후 82명이 강제실종됐다. 단한건도 진실이 밝혀지지...
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Organized by youth movement, high turnout of the middle-aged witnessed
Thai Coup anniversary marked by a protest on Sunday, May 22 Bangkok – The 2nd anniversary of the Thailand’s latest coup led by Prayuth Chan-O-Cha (the incumbent) in 2014 has been marked by a protest...
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(Update)”Anti-democratic artist” selected for Gwangju exhibition, why? asked...
*Note 1 : AWP has removed email addresses of the five coordinators of Cultural Activists for Democracy (or CAD) that appeared in the Summary Letter below in the earlier report. The measure was taken...
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Discomfort and Denial
SouthEast OF NOW : Directions in Contemporary and Modern Art Art isn’t always my ‘language’ that I can speak and read. Having operated journalism field myself for a bit over a decade, I’ve been all...
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Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya
‘Friday pray’ was followed by simultaneous protest in three Asian countries of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. Their demand is to stop the military operation against Myanmar’s Rohingya, the world’s...
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태국편 2.민병대를 배회하는 전투적 불교
세계/아시아 – 이유경 (프리랜서 국제분쟁탐사전문기자) | 신대승 E-Magazine 2017. 제7호 – 혁명과 반란의 70년대, 전투적 불교도 기승 – 독재자의 귀환을 환영한 ‘왕실사원’ 보웬니웬 – 살상을 부추긴 ‘애국 불교’ : “공산주의자를 죽이는 건 죄가 아니다” 지난 10월 6일 외신들은 “승려들 1976년 태국 학살의 추모행진을 이끌다”라는...
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