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Last-ditch fight against forest tyranny
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 01/02/2021
» After two decades of hunger and hardship -- and a life without dignity in a prison-like resettlement village -- a group of indigenous forest dwellers decided to return to their ancestral home deep in the Kaeng Krachan jungle in Phetchaburi province.
Defrocking bad monks just part of reform
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 27/04/2018
» When a group of senior monks in Thailand's highest governing body of clerics faced corruption scrutiny earlier this month, there was no public shock, only a stamp of approval. That says volumes about public discontent with the clergy.
Democracy? Don't hold your breath
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 15/07/2015
» As long as our culture is deeply rooted in militarism and racism, don't expect a smooth ride towards democracy. I've come to this conclusion after trying to understand why a large number of educated middle-class people still support military dictatorship or why the so-called pro-democracy groups refuse to question Thaksin's authoritarianism.
Nationalism is Thailand's true religion
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 03/06/2015
» For the past month, Thai society has been in agreement that it's only right to push the desperate Muslim Rohingya and Bangladeshi boat people back out to sea and let fate take care of them.
Passing the buck won't end evil trade
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 27/05/2015
» When Malaysia and Indonesia ended their policy of pushing Rohingya boat people back to sea last Wednesday, Thailand was hard-pressed to come up with something to avoid being seen as the heartless one in the bunch.
Boat people or quake victims; all need help
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 20/05/2015
» After a family lunch at a Bangkok mall over the weekend, my daughter and I noticed a big crowd at a booth raising funds for Nepal earthquake victims.
Face of pain must rid us of slavery sins
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 06/05/2015
» The photo of Rohima Khatun in the Bangkok Post yesterday should be on the desks of all officials who have promised to arrest trafficking kingpins and stop Thailand from being a slave trade hub.
Our prejudice rips the nation's image
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 27/02/2013
» Is ours a society obsessed with face? I wish it were. Had we been really serious about our image and how to maintain it, we would have long realised what the rest of the world considers as decent standard practices.
ASTV Manager rears the ugly head of sexism
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 16/01/2013
» So what prompted the soldiers' angry protests against ASTV Manager, the media arm of the yellow-shirt movement? Was it ASTV Manager's bombardment of criticism against army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha's stance on the Preah Vihear legal battle with Cambodia which was condemned as unpatriotic?
Myanmar's chance to help Rohingya
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 14/06/2012
» Is the sectarian violence between the Rohingya Muslims and Buddhists in Rakhine state threatening the nascent democracy in Myanmar? That is the question the world is asking.