Links
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA
http://www.bbc.co.uk
http://www.cnn.com/
http://www.cpj.org/ (Committee to Protect Journalists)
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45 (Poynter Institute, USA)


THAILAND PRESS
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/
http://www.bangkokpost.net/
http://www.biz-day.com/
http://www.tja.or.th/ (The Thai Journalists Association, TJA- in Thai)

THAILAND GOVERNMENT
http://www.thaigov.go.th/en/government/government_news.aspx
http://www.prd.go.th/ (The Government Public Relations Department- in Thai and English)

THAILAND REFERENCE/GENERAL INFO
http://www.thaivisa.com/
http://2bangkok.com/
http://www.thailandbytrain.com/

NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS/INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
http://www.undp.or.th/ (United Nations Development Programme – Bangkok)
http://www.un.or.th/UNCT/UNESCAP/unescap.html (UN ESCAP Bangkok)
http://www.worldbank.or.th (World Bank Thailand)
http://www.adb.org/ (Asian Development Bank)
http://www.hrw.org/doc?t=asia&c=thaila (Human Rights Watch Thailand)
http://www.mrcmekong.org/ (Mekong River Commission)


REGIONAL NEWS
http://www.iht.com/pages/asia/index.php (International Herald Tribune Asia)
http://news.ft.com/home/asia (Financial Times Asia)
http://online.wsj.com/public/asia (Wall Street Journal Asia)
http://www.atimes.com/ - Asia Times
http://www.southeastasianews.net/ Regional News Summary
http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/ - Straits Times (Singapore)
http://www.nst.com.my/ - New Straits Times (Malaysia)
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/ (Cambodia)
http://www.thejakartapost.com/headlines.asp (Indonesia)
http://www.irrawaddy.org/ (Burma)
http://www.vientianetimes.org.la/ (Laos)
http://www.asianewsnet.net/ Asian News Network
http://www.seapbkk.org/ Southeast Asian Press Alliance

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 Links for Foreign Journalists who wish to work in Thailand:
 Press Cards, Visas, and Work Permits


To work legally as a journalist in Thailand you need:

 - A Press Card
 - A Visa (usually a Non-Immigrant M)
 - A Work Permit

In Thailand, the process starts at the Foreign Ministry Press Division, then moves to the Public Relations Department's Foreign Office, and lastly to the One-Stop Service Center for Visa and Work Permit.  Detailed information is available on the web site of the Public Relations Department:

Guide to PRD Press Card*
http://thailand.prd.go.th/press_directory_view.php?id=13

Application Form for Press Card*
http://thailand.prd.go.th/site_map.php
(Click on "Application Form for Press Card" to download)

Guide to Letters of Acknowledgement**
http://thailand.prd.go.th/press_directory_view.php?id=10

Registration Form for Foreign Media**
http://www.mfa.go.th/internet/press/MediaApplicationForm.pdf

Guide to Visa***
http://thailand.prd.go.th/press_directory_view.php?id=14

Guide to Work Permit***
http://thailand.prd.go.th/press_directory_view.php?id=15

* Public Relations Department
** Ministry of Foreign Affairs (See section 12.2 of the first link for contact information)
*** One-Stop Service Center for Visa and Work Permit (See section 12.3 of the first link for contact information)

Useful Addresses for the above procedures:

Foreign Office
7th Floor, Public Relations Department
9, Rama VI Road, Soi 30
Phyathai, Bangkok 10400
Tel.: 0-2618-2323 ext. 1700, 1707
Fax: 0- 2618-2358
(BTS: Aree Station)


Press Division
Department of Information
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Si Ayutthaya Road
Phyathai, Bangkok 10400
Tel.: 0-2643-5105
0-2643-5000 ext. 2578, 2614
Fax: 0-2643-5106

One-Stop Service Center for Visa and Work Permit
Chamchuri Square
Floor 18
319 Phaya Thai Rd.
Patumwan
Bangkok 10330



The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand
Penthouse, Maneeya Center
518/5 Ploenchit Road
(connected to the BTS Skytrain Chitlom station)
Patumwan, Bangkok 10330

E-mail: info@fccthai.com
Phone: 02-652-0580-1

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The FCCT Twitter feed contains news items and links posted by FCCT members. This live feed is also embedded on the page FCCTnews.php
 

For Correspondents Only?
The FCCT is not just for correspondents - in fact, most of our members are not news people.

A past FCCT president even came up with the slogan, "You don't have to be foreign and you don't have to be a correspondent". We are a very diverse club and welcome all.

For more information, call 02-652-0580-1 or click here to e-mail info@fccthai.com