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Thailand still a bolthole for North Koreans
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 17/11/2016
» Thailand remains the safest route for asylum seekers from North Korea seeking to get to South Korea, despite frequent crackdowns by officials, according to defectors who have settled in the South's capital, Seoul.
Political fights, human rights
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 26/09/2016
» It's not the cruellest scene from Oct 6, 1976, but cruelty was never in short supply that morning. What Somchai Homla-or experienced is just one of many unfortunate examples that remind descendants and survivors of how ugly mobilised nationalist mobs can turn modern Thai history into a bloodbath.
Love, unshackled
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 05/09/2016
» They're not a Romeo and Juliet couple. But despite the tragic turn of fate, their romance is somewhat the envy of several girls.
The silent leader
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/06/2016
» Justice and equality are ingredients of a sustainable democracy, says Phuangkaew Sartprung, 74. Phuangkaew simply echoed what her father had adhered to throughout his life.
Finding 'fatherhood' in unlikely places
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/12/2015
» Being a father transcends bloodlines, biological ties and even the health conditions of the offspring, as renowned artist Sannarong Singhaseni has discovered. When Sannarong first dated his future wife at Silpakorn University in the 1970s, he often spent time with her younger sister, Samanjit Saengjak, a little girl with Down Syndrome.
Documenting the eye of the storm
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 21/01/2015
» When 46-year-old Nikolaus Freiherr von Nostitz, better known as Nick, sent emails to his contacts on Dec 20 seeking financial help, some thought it was a scam. Soliciting donations is uncharacteristic of the outspoken but humble Nostitz. For years, people could see that the German was a modest guy who roamed around Bangkok on his decade-old Kawasaki GTO motorcycle to cover the turbulent transformation of Thai politics, from both sides (or more) of the conflict.
Depositors rally to protect Government Savings Bank
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 18/02/2014
» Individual depositors are rallying to support Government Savings Bank (GSB) after customers withdrew more than 30 billion baht over fears that its loan to the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) will finance the cash-strapped rice-peldging scheme.
Thousands mourn 'Uncle SMS' at cremation
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 27/08/2012
» Thousands of mourners, including key red-shirt figures, converged yesterday at the cremation of Ampon ''Ah Kong'' Tangnoppakul, whose death has focused attention on the plight of lese majeste prisoners in Thailand.