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Tolerance tough when injustice lingers
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 14/02/2017
» Our society seems short of love and compassion -- not only for political dissidents but also for the socially-cast underdog and economically impoverished.
The scholar who was there
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 27/10/2016
» Kasian Tejapira is a professor of political science at Thammasat University and a prolific writer who has put out books, poems and more than 1,000 academic and newspaper articles since 1981. His key works include Toppling Thaksin; The Post-Modernisation Of Thainess; Imagined Uncommunity: The Lookjin Middle Class And Thai Official Nationalism; and The Irony Of Democratisation And The Decline Of Royal Hegemony In Thailand. All of them are often referenced in academic papers and debates on Thai society.
The Sea that must not be named
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 18/07/2016
» The fallout from a landmark ruling on the South China Sea will cloud the atmosphere of the Asean foreign ministers' meeting in Vientiane this week.
In search of trust
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 30/11/2015
» It's a bitter and tragic story whenever we hear about casualties from bombings or shootings in the seemingly never-ending conflict between Palestinians and Israelis. Many outsiders, who find the conflict confusing if they haven't tuned out the news altogether, wonder when and how it will ever end.
Rights advocates slam cyber draft laws
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 10/01/2015
» The Prayut Chan-o-cha cabinet's swift endorsement of eight digital and cyber-related draft laws has raised concerns among netizens and cyber experts over rights violations.
Court throws out Hall lawsuit
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 30/10/2014
» Phra Khanong Provincial Court yesterday dismissed a high-profile defamation lawsuit filed by a fruit company against a British human rights defender for a report he wrote about migrant labour abuse at the firm.
Tanasak the odd man out on world stage
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 30/09/2014
» Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Tanasak Patimapragorn has been the government's odd man out in leading its effort to gain Western acceptance for the post-coup military regime.
Giving South accused a break
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 29/08/2014
» The quest for a solution to violence in the South has stumbled on with little success for several years, but two state officials have been unwavering in their attempts to bring peace to the region.
The South's harshest reality
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 23/08/2014
» Six governments have come and gone since 2004, but the inferno of violence in the deep South rages on with the dead continuing to multiply and the trauma for the living never-ending.
Relatives mark revolt of 1932
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 25/06/2014
» The daughter of the man who led the Khanarassadorn has called on the coup-makers to provide justice and love for the people, and restore peace.