Suthichai Yoon (born November 24, 1946) is an Thai journalist, television personality, and author. He is the primary

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of the

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news show and former CEO of

Nation Multimedia Group Nation Group (Thailand) Public Company Limited (NATION) ( th, บริษัท เนชั่น กรุ๊ป (ไทยแลนด์) จำกัด (มหาชน)) is one of Thailand's largest media companies. The company operates tw ...

, founder and

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and many other news channels in Thailand such as

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and

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Early life and family

Suthichai was born in a poor Chinese-Thai family in

Hat Yai Hat Yai ( th, หาดใหญ่, , also Haad Yai or Had Yai) is a city in southern Thailand near the Malaysian border. It is south of Bangkok, and has a population of 156,802 (2019) in the city itself and an urban population of about 400,00 ...

, Songkhla Province, the mother's name Suichan Sae-fung. He is the brother of Thepchai Yong. He completed the primary school from Saengthong Vitthaya School. Then went to Assumption Commercial College for Secondary school. While attending school, he also worked at the

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newspaper and Siamrath Daily. He then furthered his education at the Faculty of Communication Arts,

Chulalongkorn University Chulalongkorn University (CU, th, จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย, ), nicknamed Chula ( th, จุฬาฯ), is a public and autonomous research university in Bangkok, Thailand. The university was originally fo ...

While studying here, he also worked as a proofreading staff at Bangkok Post in 1968. It was not easy to balance work with study. Ultimately, he decided to drop out of college to fully focus on working instead. Then, he was promoted to be an Assistant head of news at Bangkok Post. Five months later, he was promoted to be the homeland news editor despite his the young age and without a college degree. Suthichai Yoon won the

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because he dared to make the news of

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broke the police fort because of drunkenness.

Career

Until 1971, Bangkok Post acquired the Bangkok World newspaper which he saw that it is a monopoly in the English newspaper industry. Therefore, together with ML Sunida Kitiyakara, Thammanoon Mahapaorayae and fellow journalists by selling shares to the public to raise funds until it was about 2 million baht in the establishment of the first English daily newspaper for the Thai people owning the name of The Voice of the Nation on 1 July 1971. In the year 1974, he worked with

National Broadcasting Services of Thailand National Broadcasting Services of Thailand ( th, สถานีวิทยุโทรทัศน์แห่งประเทศไทย, translit=Sathani Witthayu Thorathat Haeng Prathet Thai) (NBT) is the public broadcasting arm of the Go ...

and became famous from the news of the

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on the Channel 3. Later, when the 1976 coup happened on 6 October 1976, followed by the order to close all newspapers in Thailand Suthichai therefore brought the license that he had previously reserved issued a new newspaper called The Nation Review on 8 November 1976, then in the year 1985, changed to the name used until now as

. After the coup in Thailand in 2014, he was appointed as a member of the National Reform Committee on Mass Communication and Information technology in

Prayut Chan-ocha Prayut Chan-o-cha (sometimes spelled Prayuth Chan-ocha; th, ประยุทธ์ จันทร์โอชา, ; born 21 March 1954) is a Thai politician and retired Royal Thai Army, army officer who has served as the Prime Minister of T ...

government. In 2018 Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha choose Suthichai served as a host for the press conference for

Tham Luang cave rescue In June and July 2018, a junior association football team and their assistant coach were rescued from the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Chiang Rai Province in northern Thailand. Twelve members of the team, aged 11 to 16, and their 25-year-old ass ...

Personal life

Suttichai married with Nantawan Yoon, former editor of Lalana Magazine. They have a son,

Prabda Yoon Prabda Yoon ( th, ปราบดา หยุ่น; ; born 2 August 1973 in Bangkok) is a Thai writer, novelist, filmmaker, artist, graphic designer, magazine editor, screenwriter, translator and media personality. His literary debut, ''Muang Mo ...

, the SEA Prize Writer of the Year 2002 and a daughter, Shimbun Yoon.

Master of Ceremony: MC

References

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