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Suthichai Yoon

すってぃちゃい・ゆん

Suthichai Yoon

Aliases: Suthichai Sae-yoon

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1946-11-24 (Hat Yai, Songkhla Province, Thailand)
Nationality
Thai
Languages
Thai, English
Residence History
Thailand

Career

Occupations
Journalist, author, anchor
Active Years
1968-2024
Affiliations
Nation Multimedia Group, Thai PBS

Education

Saengthong Vitthaya School
Primary school
Country: Thailand
Completed primary school
Assumption Commercial College
Secondary school
Country: Thailand
Secondary school
Chulalongkorn University
Faculty of Communication Arts / Journalism
Country: Thailand
Dropped out

Awards

Nieman Fellowship
1979
Organization: Harvard University
Result: 受賞
Sriburapha Award
2008
Work: News on Narong Kittikachorn
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Legacy

Prominent Thai journalist, television personality, and author; founder and editorial director of The Nation and other media outlets.

In Popular Culture

  • Appeared as the leader of a Buddhist monastery in The White Lotus season 3 (2025).

Trivia

  • Born into a poor Chinese-Thai family.
  • Married to Nantawan Yoon, former editor of Lalana Magazine.
  • Son is writer Prabda Yoon, SEA Prize Writer of the Year 2002.
  • Daughter is Shimbun Yoon.
  • Brother is Thepchai Yong.