Puangthong Pawakapan Explained

Puangthong Pawakapan (née Rungswasdisab,) is a Thai academic and political scientist.^{[1] [2]} Puangthong is an associate professor in the faculty of political science at Chulalongkorn University.^[3] Her work focuses on the Thai military, including its internal security affairs. She also manages a digital archive of records on the 6 October 1976 massacre.^{[4] [5]}

In September 2024, a forum to launch the Thai language version of Puangthong's book Infiltrating Society: The Thai Military’s Internal Security Affairs was cancelled by Chulalongkorn University.^{[6] [7]} The event was moved to the Jim Thompson Museum.^[8] Her book had argued that Thailand's military used infiltration tactics among the Thai public to indoctrinate citizens in its ideology.^{[9] [10]}

Publications

• Infiltrating Society: The Thai Military’s Internal Security Affairs (2021)^[11]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Thailand vote: Young Thais pin hopes on change – DW – 05/09/2023 . 2024-09-24 . dw.com . en.
2. Web site: 2018-09-04 . Thailand Unsettled #1: The Military (with Puangthong Pawakapan) . 2024-09-24 . New Mandala . en-AU.
3. News: Ratcliffe . Rebecca . Siradapuvadol . Navaon . 2021-11-25 . Apple tells Thai activists they are targets of ‘state-sponsored attackers’ . 2024-09-24 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
4. Web site: 2019-10-06 . The desecration of corpses on 6 October 1976: who, how and why . 2024-09-24 . New Mandala . en-AU.
5. News: Archive showcases horrors of Thammasat massacre . 2024-09-24 . Bangkok Post . en.
6. News: Bangkok's Chula Uni relocates launch of book critical of military off-campus . 2024-09-24 . Bangkok Post . en.
7. Web site: 2024-09-17 . งานวิจัยดีเด่นของ พวงทอง ภวัครพันธุ์ กลายเป็น “ภัยคุกคาม” กอ.รมน. ไปได้อย่างไร . 2024-09-24 . BBC News ไทย . th.
8. Web site: Launch of book on military’s role in Thailand relocated . 2024-09-24 . world.thaipbs.or.th . en.
9. Web site: Infiltrating Society: The Thai Military’s Internal Security Affairs . 2024-09-24 . New Mandala . en-AU.
10. Web site: Berthelsen . John . BOOK REVIEW: Infiltrating Society: The Thai Military’s Internal Security Affairs . 2024-09-24 . www.asiasentinel.com . en.
11. Book: Pawakapan, Paungthong . Infiltrating society: the Thai military's internal security affairs . 2021 . ISEAS . 978-981-4881-71-5 . Singapore.