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Conscription blues
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 07/05/2023
» The issue of compulsory military service has gained national attention in the lead-up to the May 14 polls, with several parties pledging to end it in favour of voluntary enlistment if elected as the next government.
Poor communities take virus fight into own hands
News, Published on 04/05/2021
» The air is thick with fear of contagion in the slum of Klong Toey, where many people live eave-to-eave in its densely populated neighbourhoods.
Bad air worsens plight
News, Published on 29/03/2020
» The bushfires that have been raging near the tourist city of Chiang Mai over the past few days are heightening concerns for both residents and the authorities with the risk they pose of extreme air pollution, coming on top of worries about the coronavirus.
Keeping forest floor moist to stop fires
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 08/03/2020
» Forest fires have stretched the government's manpower and resources, prompting authorities to rethink their approach and work on keeping forest floors moist to contain the spread of fires.
No end in sight for carnage in deep South, despite peace talks
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 12/01/2020
» Despite some positive signs observed in the fight to contain the southern unrest over the past 16 years, there has been little progress in the peace talks between the government and groups linked with violence in the deep South which are seen as a key mechanism in bringing the unrest to an end.
Not your average neighbourhood watch
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 05/08/2019
» Violence across Thailand's restive southern provinces is grabbing public attention once more, after having declined from its peak in 2007 when a string of attacks claimed 892 lives, according to the Ministry of Defence.
9,000-plus died in battle with Islamic State for Mosul
Associated Press, Published on 20/12/2017
» MOSUL, Iraq: The price Mosul's residents paid in blood to see their city freed was between 9,000 and 11,000 dead, a civilian casualty rate nearly 10 times higher than what has been previously reported. The number killed in the 9-month battle to liberate the city from the Islamic State marauders has not been acknowledged by the US-led coalition, the Iraqi government or the self-styled caliphate.
Where hope has vanished
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 21/08/2016
» It was the spot where the villagers had found the chequered loincloth of missing land rights activist Den Khamlae a week earlier. Banjong Sanitnit, Den's brother-in-law, stopped at a nearby tree. He lit six incense sticks and poured rice whisky into a clear plastic cup so that it was a quarter full. And then he prayed.
Five more years? Concern as military gets out the vote
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 10/07/2016
» The coup-makers have spent over two years asking Thais for a bit more time to restore happiness to the country. Now, they are asking for another five years -- and they've asked community leaders to spread the message.
A childhood in conflict
Spectrum, Published on 13/12/2015
» Child welfare activist Wannakanok Pohitaedaoh, 33, is always surrounded by children whose family life has been up-ended by southern violence. Through the Luukrieang foundation based in Yala’s Muang district, she provides shelter to about 20 “orphans” who have lost either one or both of their parents to the conflict in the South, now in its 11th year.