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Iranian fighters feel the squeeze
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 11/12/2022
» Sitting under an oak tree on a mountainside in the Kurdish region of Iraq, Mohammad Kurd said he recently fled neighbouring Iran after two friends were killed by security forces and the powerful Revolutionary Guard started going door to door to arrest anti-government protesters.
Blast from the past Thaksin eyes power
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 12/03/2022
» As Thai politics is about to take another turn, with the next election on the horizon, fugitive ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is making a stir by vowing to stage a comeback.
Devil horns meet sutras in Taiwan's Buddhist death metal band
AFP, Published on 26/11/2020
» TAIPEI - The gig began with a nun chanting on stage but suddenly erupted into a wall of noise unleashed by distorted guitars and screamed sutras -- the unique sound of Taiwan's first Buddhist death metal band.
Why haven't we learnt anything from our past?
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 11/06/2019
» As anti-monarchy accusations fly and self-serving coalition politics becomes the name of the game, Thai politics has arrived at another critical junction.
Stuck in our own Orwellian nightmare
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 04/06/2019
» Go and read Animal Farm. Watch Inception too, as they may help us appreciate the multilayered paradoxes that are Thai politics today. After all the diversions, however, the reality remains that the 2017 constitution must be rewritten, or we will be forever stuck with "all votes are equal but some votes are more equal than others".
Army chief sings out hateful blast from gory past
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 19/02/2019
» The anti-communist song Nak Phandin or "Useless Weight to the Land" is so loaded with hateful political baggage it could have sunk army chief Gen Apirat Kongsompong's career.
Students blast Abhisit for 2010 crackdowns
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/09/2017
» A group of students protested against Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva Tuesday over his government's deadly crackdowns on red-shirt demonstrators in 2010.
Court acquits red shirt on bomb blast charge
News, Post Reporters, Published on 08/09/2017
» Min Buri Provincial Court has acquitted red-shirt supporter Amporn "Khru Khaek" Jaikorn who faced charges of being involved in a bomb blast in Min Buri district that killed two people in 2014.
Red-shirt supporter acquitted of bombing charge
Online Reporters, Published on 07/09/2017
» Min Buri Provincial Court has acquitted red-shirt supporter Amporn "Khru Khaek" Jaikorn of alleged involvement in a bomb blast in Min Buri district that killed two people in 2014.
Yingluck fans blast govt tactics
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 19/08/2017
» Frustrated members of the Pheu Thai Party and United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) have denounced the government over its tactics to discourage them from showing support for former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra on "judgement day" next Friday.