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Billy's death should not be in vain
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 09/09/2019
» Last week, the mystery was over.
Stop the racist monks before it's too late
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 07/09/2017
» Will the ongoing genocide of the Rohingya in Myanmar's Rakhine state stoke tensions between Buddhists and Muslims in the region? Definitely.
Until we start listening, no city will be safe
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 18/11/2015
» Immediately after the Friday 13th massacre in Paris, some cities around the world covered their monuments in the French tricolour to express mourning and solidarity. Netizens did the same with their Facebook profile photos.
Nip unholy hate speech in the bud
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 04/11/2015
» For a Buddhist monk killed in the deep South, a mosque should be burned down in retaliation. This violent proposal from a Buddhist monk stirred a heated debate on social media last week. Is it merely a storm in a tea cup? The answer is no.
Strong-arm tactics hold country back
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 29/07/2015
» When you hold a public hearing, the goal is to listen to wide-ranging opinions on the issue at hand, isn't it? In hearings on controversial matters, government officials are supposed to play the neutral role to bring about open discussions to reach a well-informed decision, aren't they?
South needs education autonomy
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 02/07/2014
» Ask state educators what the education problems are in the far South, and they will — without fail — blame it on the locals.
Force is no way to solve our conflicts
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 28/05/2014
» For the past few months, Pattani had been relatively calm while Yala, Narathiwat, and parts of Songkhla in the restive South took the brunt of deadly car bombs, motorcycle bombs, arson, and M79 grenade attacks.
Blanket bill will only stoke deep South tensions
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 06/11/2013
» If Thaksin Shinawatra believes that he can "set zero" for the deep South by extending the power of his blanket amnesty bill to also cover the southern insurgency, then he is dead wrong.
Media gives short shrift to South issues
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 04/09/2013
» For the past decade, our country has been trapped in two bloody conflicts. One is the divisive colour-coded politics. The other is the southern violence.
Time ripe for whole new take on 'Thainess'
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 28/08/2013
» More than 5,000 people have been killed and millions of people are living in paralysing fear as the insurgency in the far South has now raged for nearly 10 years.