Sippachai Kunnuwong

Multimedia Storyteller and Media Researcher

Thailand

I am a Thai storyteller with nine years of working experience at Thai and international news agencies, including BBC Thai and Agence France-Presse (AFP), as well as international NGOs. As a multimedia journalist, I have covered breaking news, politics, human rights, and development issues in Southeast Asia. In 2020, I began working with international NGOs and human rights groups on communication-related work and conducting research at the intersections of digital media and social change. I am now a Communications Associate at Fortify Rights.

Portfolio

Human Rights

Fortify Rights
04/05/2022
A Rohingya Poet Transforms Pain into Power - Fortify Rights

(BANGKOK, April 5, 2022)-"My people aren't recognized by former governments or the junta," 31-year-old Mayyu Ali said. "They accused us of being illegals, terrorists, and Bengalis. Writing our own stories and telling what we have been through in the color of our own words is an act of revolution."

Yahoo
11/13/2018
Straight outta Bangkok: Thai rappers lay into junta, social conformity

Bangkok (AFP) - "A country killing the people... doesn't give a damn about its children," spits 17-year-old Elevenfinger, one of a legion of acerbic young rappers ripping into Thailand's politics, dire education system and calcifying social mores. Thailand's hip-hop scene used to be anodyne, imitating the swagger -- and profanity -- of its American forefather but not the socially-charged lyrics.

Yahoo
10/06/2017
Historians jog buried memories of Thai massacre

Nakhon Pathom (Thailand) (AFP) - Tears flow freely as Chumpol Thummai stands in front of the rusty gate where his brother was lynched by royalists 41 years ago, an act that set off a chain of events that ended in a student massacre.

Multimedia

SCMP Films
09/26/2021
Intersection: Fighting for Thailand’s future

In 2019, Thailand's military-backed Palang Pracharath Party won a disputed general election and elevated a former general to prime minister. Anti-government protests began in July 2020, after a Covid-19 lockdown ended. Most of the protests have been peaceful, but one intersection in Bangkok has seen nightly clashes between young protesters and police. With no compromise in sight, the situation could become even more dangerous.

Breaking News

Yahoo
05/04/2019
Thai king crowned in day of pomp and centuries-old splendour

To the boom of cannons, pipes and chants, King Maha Vajiralongkorn was crowned Saturday in a ceremony governed by centuries-old rituals, vowing a righteous reign and calling for "national security" and "happiness" in a remarkable display of royal power. King Vajiralongkorn is the tenth monarch of the Chakri dynasty, which has reigned over the kingdom since 1782.

Yahoo
02/11/2019
Thai princess disqualified from list of candidates for PM

Thai Princess Ubolratana was on Monday formally disqualified for running for prime minister, ending her brief and ill-fated political union with a party allied to the powerful Shinawatra clan, just days after a stern royal command rebuking her candidacy was issued by her brother, the king.

Yahoo
07/02/2018
Thai boys found alive after nine days trapped in cave

Twelve boys and their football coach trapped in a flooded Thai cave for nine days were found alive late Monday after a painstaking search by specialist divers who finally discovered the emaciated group on a mud embankment.

Yahoo
10/26/2017
Thais bid final goodbye to beloved King Bhumibol

Thailand bade farewell to late King Bhumibol Adulyadej Thursday in an elaborate, ritual-soaked funeral in Bangkok's historic quarter that gripped a nation mourning the loss of its chief unifying figure. Pipers, drummers and soldiers in a dazzling array of costumes joined Buddhist monks, Brahmin priests and the new King Maha Vajiralongkorn as the procession made its way to the glittering funeral pyre.

Yahoo
11/20/2019
Thai court strips opposition frontman of MP status

The billionaire frontman of Thailand's anti-military bloc was stripped of his MP status on Wednesday over a media shareholding case, a court ruling that could lead to him being banned from politics and jailed for up to 10 years.

Yahoo
01/12/2019
Saudi teen asylum seeker expected in Canada

The young Saudi woman who fled her family seeking asylum abroad is scheduled to land in Canada on Saturday after successfully harnessing the power of Twitter to stave off deportation from Thailand. Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, 18, was already en route to Toronto late Friday when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canada would take her in.

Social Issues

Yahoo
01/10/2020
The 97 kms between China and mastery of the Mekong

Ninety-seven kilometres of rocks in Thai waters stand between Beijing and dominance over the Mekong, a mighty river that feeds millions as it threads south from the Tibetan plateau through five countries before emptying into the South China Sea.

Agence France-Presse
09/16/2019
Lilly, Thailand's Greta Thunberg, wages 'war' on plastic

Skipping school to glide through a dirty Bangkok canal on a paddleboard, Lilly fishes out rubbish in her mission to clean up Thailand, where the average person uses eight plastic bags every single day. The US-Thai youngster started campaigning at the age of eight after a seaside vacation in southern Thailand where she was horrified by a beach covered in rubbish.

Digital Videos

Research Projects

Climate Tracker and Stanley Center
11/01/2020
Coal and renewable reporting in Thailand

New research from young journalists in analyzes the coal and clean energy media narratives that are shaping national energy debates in Southeast Asia.

Communication Outreach

Transitional Justice Working Group
01/27/2021
FOOTPRINTS | 북한 데이터베이스: 사용자 가이드

북한내에서 벌어지거나 북한이 저지른 것으로 알려진 자의적 구금, 납치, 강제실종 사건들의 피해자, 가해자, 구제절차 관련 정보를 기록하고 공개하기 위한 시민사회의 공동 프로젝트인 FOOTPRINTS의 사용자 가이드 비디오입니다. 종합 온라인 데이터베이스인 FOOTPRINTS는 관련 인권문서와 북한자료 정보도 제공합니다. 공개되고, 접근 가능하며 검색이 쉬운 온라인 데이터베이스인 FOOTPRINTS는 사용자들에게 사건들의 관계 정보와 지리공간 정보도 제공합니다.

Nkfootprints
Footprints

I provided consultation for the improvement of the NKFOOTPRINTS.INFO website.

Public Speaking