The Pwo Karen community of Ban Mae San have practiced their traditional agricultural practices for generations, while also caring for a community forest. Their community predates the government's designation of the area as Tham Pha Thai National Park in 1991. However, government measures are now putting their way of life at risk, while indigenous peoples are blamed as a cause of air pollution. Community leaders now call for legal protection under an indigenous protection law.

Community forests, once hailed as a crucial mechanism for expanding Thailand's forested areas and enhancing local involvement in forest management, now face significant threats due to the 2019 Community Forest Act, criticized for the lack of public input in its drafting and its centralization of power. Local advocates are now calling for a more decentralized approach that would allow local administrative organizations and communities a greater role in the management and establishment of community forests.

Governance in the troubled Deep South has suffered from militarization, a lack of vision, and wasteful spending, while the government in Bangkok struggled to establish peace, enacting numerous laws and repeatedly setting up and dismantling different agencies. But a push for transparency and power shifts in Bangkok have offered some hope.

Although the Thai League is now well-established, with clubs and a fan base in many provinces, local clubs faces financial struggles and lack of structural support as big clubs with resources and political connection dominate the industry. Some local club managers now say that state agencies should step up to support the academies and clubs so they could turn out a steady stream of quality players and boost local economies.

Professional football in Thailand involves a huge amount of money. However, the games are not profitable for players and investors, with most clubs left in red and depend on supporters with political influence for survival. Financial problems have also made the industry a haven for money laundering.

Ninety-five percent of the 2.2 million disabled people in Thailand live outside Bangkok. They experience extreme hardships and discrimination because of the urban-rural divide, from lack of access to education and healthcare to a lack of support from the government.

The Narathiwat Provincial Court will rule this Friday (23 August) whether to accept a lawsuit filed by the families of those killed in the Tak Bai Massacre against officials involved in the incident. With the statute of limitations expiring on 25 October, the families are hoping for closure and accountability.

Following Myanmar’s 2021 coup, journalists covering the resistance movement were targeted by junta officials. Unable to remain home, many fled to Thailand.  The lives of female and LGBT+ journalists were particularly affected. In addition to the risks of field work, they faced sexual harassment, and the burden of looking after family members while displaced.  They also had difficulty communicating with local sources and struggled to obtain legal status in Thailand, which does not afford them with protection as journalists.

Sexual violence or harassment in activist circles and social movements has always created controversy in society, but it has become extremely intense in the age of social media. On the one hand, the Women and Men Progressive Movement Foundation suggests that creating an understanding on gender and gender equality should be prioritized. At the same time, activist networks must join together to investigate activists’ behaviour. If a case of abuse arises, the victim must be encouraged to stand up and supported in fighting the case .

The Empowerment of Persons With Disabilities Act, which contains sections on the employment of persons with disabilities, has been in effect in Thailand since 2007. However, people with disabilities continue to face significant obstacles in every stage of the employment process, from job searching to receiving interview opportunities and fair working conditions.

Since the 2021 military coup in Myanmar, people from all walks of life have had to leave the country for opposing the coup. Many are seeking refuge in Thailand, including Shwe, a violinist who participated in an anti-coup performance and fled Yangon following a police raid on his family's apartment building, and San Jay, a former government worker-turned-rapper who joined the Civil Disobedience Movement after the coup.

In mid-August 2020, at the height of the student-led pro-democracy protests, Thai high school students began protesting by displaying the three-finger salute during the the playing of the national anthem at their morning assembly while wearing white bows as symbols of resistance to dictatorship. Despite its familiarity in daily Thai life, few are aware of the anthem’s origins, which trace back to the 1932 Siamese revolution that transformed the country into a constitutional monarchy, and as the definition of the nation become contested, the anthem becomes an arena hosting differing definitions among factions of Thais.