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Reality in South fails to match government spin
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 13/09/2016
» The appointment of the army chief's younger brother, Lt Gen Piyawat Nakwanich, as the 4th Army Region commander, does not bring a new sense of hope for peace in the restive deep South.
Songkhla bomb attacks linked to power plant
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 21/04/2016
» A series of bomb attacks in Songkhla may be linked to people protesting about a proposed coal power plant in the deep South, an opponent of the project says.
Court acquits Somchai case cops
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 30/12/2015
» The Supreme Court on Tuesday acquitted five police officers charged with the robbery and coercion of the "disappeared" human rights lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit 11 years ago, upholding the appellate court's ruling.
Koh Tao murder pair get death
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 25/12/2015
» KOH SAMUI: Two migrant workers from Myanmar have been sentenced to death for the brutal murders of two British backpackers on Koh Tao in September 2014, a gruesome crime that focused global attention on tourist safety and police conduct in the country.
Erawan blast a regional wake-up call
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 31/08/2015
» It took Asean eight days to speak out about the deadly Erawan shrine blast in Bangkok. Is this the best we can expect from the group that is leading us into the brave new world of the Asean Economic Community?
Military regime can't turn back the clock of progress
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/08/2014
» My memory of one of this country's democratic milestones — the student uprising of Oct 14, 1973 — was my grandmother sobbing while watching His Majesty the King's announcement on TV about a new government replacing the military dictatorship that students had tried to topple.
Refugees thwarted en route to Sweden
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 27/03/2014
» Klongdan, Samut Prakan: Numerous Palestinian refugees from Syria have travelled to Thailand during the past year hoping to find their way to a new life in Sweden with the help of human trafficking networks here, only to find themselves being arrested at Suvarnabhumi airport.
Criminal Court: 'Uncle SMS' died of cancer
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 30/10/2013
» The Criminal Court on Wednesday ruled that lese majeste prisoner Ampon "Uncle SMS" Tangnoppakul died of cancer, not because of lack of proper care, while in the prison hospital.
Drug war victims' kin seek redress
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 10/08/2012
» Relatives of victims of the 2004 "war on drugs" have joined with the May 1992 Network to seek government redress for the heavy-handed actions of authorities that led to the deaths and injuries of innocent civilians.
Death sentence for three killer cops
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 30/07/2012
» Three sacked police officers were sentenced to death by the Criminal Court on Monday for the premeditated murder of a teenage boy in Kalasin in 2004 during the Thaksin Shinawatra government's ruthless war on drugs.