Overcrowded prisons need reforming
Extreme overcrowding in Thai prisons forces inmates to endure deplorable conditions, stripping away their dignity and humanity. It’s a humanitarian crisis that demands immediate action. Due to terribly cramped spaces, inmates barely have room to sleep. They also suffer poor sanity from insufficient toilets and bathing facilities, in addition to poor-quality food and substandard healthcare. […]
Digital treasure trove threatens privacy
With the runaway digital boom, Thailand faces a critical question: Is the country adequately prepared to shield its citizens’ personal information from potential misuse? Due to their rapid growth, digital platform businesses propelled their value to over 900 billion baht in 2021. Their prowess lies in their capacity to compile and process vast data, enabling […]
TDRI Quarterly Review (June 2023)
Contents Khemmapat Trisadikoon Preparing to Deal with Personal Data Protection Measures in Platform Business Patree Witoonchart, Dr. Adis Israngkura The Way Forward for Sustainable Tourism in Thailand
Fixing fiscal laws to have fair elections
As the election campaign heats up, political parties are fiercely competing to win votes by offering generous cash handouts, raising concerns about their impact on the country’s fiscal discipline for the incoming administration. Such concerns are warranted. Yet the focus on the post-election financial burden should not overshadow the outgoing administration’s last-minute budget spending for […]
Personal data at risk in govt hands
Only one month after enforcing the law to protect the Thai people’s personal data security and privacy, the government had a change of heart. Instead of imposing the PDPA law on all organisations that handle data, the government has helped some government agencies to bypass the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) in the name of […]
TDRI Quarterly Review (June 2022)
Contents Saliltorn Thongmeensuk, Titaporn Rojsirikulchai, Atcharaporn Ariyasunthorn The Implementation and Phase-Out of Travel Bans: A Case Study of Thailand Khemmapat Trisadikoon A Study of the Necessity of and Approaches to the Preparation of Personal Data Protection Guidelines
Unfair laws in tourism need overhaul
For the past two years, Thailand’s tourism industry has been in a coma due to the Covid-19 pandemic.To revive the economy, the government has now relaxed Covid-19 control measures to reopen the country. Big hotels now have a chance to recover but for a majority of small hotels, however, it is already too late – […]