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Ignore fishery threat, let seas return to life
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 24/06/2015
» Freeze our fishing boats and prepare for the consequences, the National Fisheries Association of Thailand (Nfat) threatened the government on Monday.
Monks need to break from feudal ways
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 17/06/2015
» Given widespread temple corruption and rogue monks, there's no question that the Sangha needs cleaning up. The clergy's latest outcry against reform calls, however, shows there is no hope for change.
Trawlers of destruction
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 29/04/2015
» As Thailand is racing against the clock to avoid being red-carded by the European Union and a subsequent ban on Thai seafood exports, veteran activist Banjong Nasae says dodging the restrictions is easy to do.
Sangha elders lay down law on reforms
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 01/04/2015
» If you cannot reform the monkhood, forget about reforming the country. This message from forest monk Phra Paisal Visalo to the military junta came to mind when the monks yesterday called off their rally to protest against the National Reform Council's (NRC) moves to clean up temple corruption.
Teaching our children how to kowtow
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 23/07/2014
» No sooner had the sounds of military marches died down after the May 22 coup than the Education Ministry ordered all schools to play patriotic songs to please the junta.
Cracking the religious wall of prejudice
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 04/06/2014
» How would you feel if you were invited to speak at an international conference, flew thousands of miles to be there, and were told at the very last minute before the opening ceremony that your talk had been banned?
Stricken govt buys strife on two fronts
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 19/02/2014
» The political stalemate which has dragged on for three months took a dangerous turn yesterday with an unrepentant speech by caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on the faltering rice scheme and the government’s crackdown on rally sites.
It's a power grab, not a push for reform
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 27/11/2013
» All parties must come to an end. So must all political protests. The country's biggest anxiety right now is how the anti-government rally will end.
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.
Mae Jaem dam suicide threat must be heard
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 02/10/2013
» The name Mae Jaem evokes a romantic Shangri-La like image in many Thais' minds.