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Learning a valuable lesson
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/09/2016
» Police teachers from distant districts in the South -- and other parts of the country -- have found that even further south is a key to their pursuit of running successful primary schools and ensuring their pupils are knowledgeable and resilient.
Finding 'fatherhood' in unlikely places
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/12/2015
» Being a father transcends bloodlines, biological ties and even the health conditions of the offspring, as renowned artist Sannarong Singhaseni has discovered. When Sannarong first dated his future wife at Silpakorn University in the 1970s, he often spent time with her younger sister, Samanjit Saengjak, a little girl with Down Syndrome.
The diplomatic fields
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 26/10/2015
» Smiling and neatly-dressed in a sampot hol, or long silk skirt, Eat Sophea leaves an impression of a cheerful and easy-going lady at official functions, from National Day receptions to cultural trips full of the diplomatic corps. The tall and slim Cambodian ambassador to Thailand also knows how to enjoy herself at dancing parties where ambassadorial formality gives way to a measure of joyful foot-tapping.
The rising face of public dissent
Spectrum, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 16/08/2015
» It’s a different type of patriotism that separates bespectacled, earnest young activist Roy Ngerng Yi Ling from the typical Singaporean citizen.
No easy way home for Thais in exile
Spectrum, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 21/06/2015
» The exiles sat on one side of the gymnasium, the military men and government officials on the other. There was an air of conciliation. But not all of the 467 displaced Muslims who attended Monday’s unprecedented meeting at a military camp in Narathiwat felt reassured after hearing the sympathetic words of government officials.
Just a blip on the junta’s radar?
Spectrum, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 31/05/2015
» Accidental heroes or not, dozens of university students arrested in the heart of the capital on the anniversary of the coup just over a week ago have rattled the Goliath junta. Acts of defiance were expected as the coup-installed military government had declared it would stay in power at least for the remainder of the year.
Banpodj insists he is a lone voice
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 05/04/2015
» At the age of 66 and facing a long prison term, Husdin Ouiraiprayvan maintains there was never any malice in the hundreds of anonymous voice clips he produced which led to his arrest.
The path of most resistance
Spectrum, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/04/2015
» Their photos and names are not only held on civilian, police and military intelligence files. The armed forces have now spread warnings about them to non-military staff and family members situated in and around Bangkok barracks.
Kitakyushu leads the eco-metropolis pack
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 07/03/2015
» Once a grey industrialised metropolis that sat unheralded for decades on Japan’s southern island, Kitakyushu has been reborn as a green city that has rocketed to prominence as a "smart" role model for Asia.
Fingers on the political pulse
Spectrum, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 21/12/2014
» The three-finger salute by five Khon Kaen students in front of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha last month revived the spirit of dissent against the regime and earned them international recognition.