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The ultra-royalist who wants to defend your human rights
Spectrum, Published on 02/08/2015
» Boworn Yasintorn, 63, was not entirely surprised when he found out he was among seven people nominated for the National Human Rights Commission last week.
Malaysia's 'fashion police' getting under women's skin
Published on 21/07/2015
» KUALA LUMPUR — Women in Malaysia, long seen as a moderate Islamic nation, are being denied entry to government buildings on the grounds their skirts were too revealing and their shoulders too bare, fanning fears of growing conservatism in a country with large non-Muslim minorities.
Finding dignity in death
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 19/07/2015
» Sixty-year-old Sukjai* lies on a raised hospital bed, her stomach bloated as if she was several months pregnant.
Kra Canal dream still far from reality
Spectrum, Published on 07/06/2015
» The idea to cut a canal across the Isthmus of Kra was shot down almost as quickly as it re-emerged. Within days of reports spreading last month that former prime minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh had signed a deal with Chinese businessmen to dig a waterway from the Gulf of Thailand to the Andaman Sea, a blunt denial was issued.
Parties brace for a bitter election battle
Spectrum, Published on 07/06/2015
» Election fever dominates everything in Myanmar at present. And according to unofficial opinion polls, more than half of the population are yet to decide who they will vote for. The next few months before the election date is announced will only fuel anticipation and speculation. And with more than 70 political parties registered to contest the polls, it is going to be a massive event.
Trapped beneath the transgender glass ceiling
Spectrum, Published on 07/06/2015
» Fluent in both English and Russian, 30-year-old Kaona Saowakun is freelancing as a translator and interpreter to pay the bills. When he can, he puts aside some cash to save up for his dream of undergoing gender reassignment surgery, which he hopes he’ll be able to afford a few years from now.
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.
Suu Kyi sidesteps Rohingya crisis for political cover
AFP, Published on 29/05/2015
» YANGON - Aung San Suu Kyi was once an unassailable champion of Myanmar's powerless. But the opposition leader's refusal to speak up for a persecuted Muslim minority at the heart of a migrant crisis has cast doubt over her moral force -- and even earned a gentle rebuke from fellow Nobel laureate the Dalai Lama.
Stifling people’s voices
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 03/05/2015
» It takes effort to tell strangers what people’s unique homes look like, and it’s a lot more difficult when they are seen as an enemy of economic growth. So villagers from Satun, the southern coastal province on the Andaman Sea, drove 14 hours to Bangkok last week to tell people about the value of their distinctive homes through seminars and a three-day photographic exhibition at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre.
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.