AFP
By the time video scenes of a brutal prison riot in Ecuador earlier this year reached Asia, the video’s caption had been changed and read, “American Blacks and Whites in California Killing Chinese,” and the clip went viral.
Disinformation like that video, doctored to promote anti-U.S. hatred, is growing in Thailand, media researchers said.
Chinese narratives, whether fake news or state-sponsored propaganda, are gradually seeping into Thai media, academia, and political and business circles, and people from different sectors in Thailand are expressing concern over the phenomenon, experts said.
In the violent video, an Asian man is seen lying on the ground covered in blood and with his face wrenched in pain. Dozens of Spanish-speaking men attack him with bats and sticks, beating him in broad daylight.
RFA
By the time video scenes of a brutal prison riot in Ecuador earlier this year reached Asia, the video’s caption had been changed and read, “American Blacks and Whites in California Killing Chinese,” and the clip went viral.
Disinformation like that video, doctored to promote anti-U.S. hatred, is now growing in Thailand, say media researchers.
Chinese narratives, whether fake news or state-sponsored propaganda, are gradually seeping into Thai media, academia, and political and business circles, and people from different sectors in Thailand are expressing concern over the phenomenon, experts say.
In the violent video, an Asian man is seen lying on the ground covered in blood and with his face wrenched in pain. Dozens of Spanish-speaking men attack him with bats and sticks, beating him in broad daylight.
Bangkok Post snapper wins pic award
published : 6 Mar 2021 at 04:00
309 Bangkok Post photographer Wichan Charoenkiatpakul poses with his Safe Love photo which won Best News Photo of the Year from the Isra Amantakul Foundation and the Thai Journalists Association, announced on Thai Journalists Day yesterday. (Photo by Nutthawat Wicheanbut)
Bangkok Post photographer Wichan Charoenkiatpakul has won the Isra Amantakul Foundation and the Thai Journalists Association s (TJA) Best News Photo award for his Safe Love photo.
The announcement was made yesterday during an event marking Thai Journalists Day.
The photo shows a bride and groom and their family members wearing face masks while taking a group photo at a wedding at Bangkok s Priest Hospital in March last year.
MPs deny pushing for reshuffle sway
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Old guard play it cool over no new faces pledge
published : 28 Feb 2021 at 05:00
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Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon on Saturday insisted the prime minister has confirmed to him that no outsiders will be brought in at the next cabinet reshuffle.
The deputy premier dismissed claims that Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) MPs had signed a petition urging Gen Prawit to leverage his favourable ties with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha ahead of the expected rejig.
Gen Prayut has insisted he will wait for the PPRP and the coalition to agree on nominations for the vacant positions before he decides, the deputy premier said yesterday.