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Getting to the root of the problem
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 21/07/2018
» In search of a solution to deforestation and the persisting rights conflicts between Thai forest dwellers and state authorities? Meet Sant Khamkhum. This owner of a small farm in northern Uttaradit province believes he has the answer to one of the country's biggest problems.
Time to stop hazing once and for all
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 02/09/2015
» When lecturer Lalita Hanwong spoke out against the senselessness of hazing at Mahasarakham University's College of Music, she was bombarded with rape and death threats by angry students.
Take the axe to state's war on forest poor
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 10/06/2015
» Leave the poor alone. That was the order from the country's most powerful man when he ordered troops to evict encroachers to save the country's fast-dwindling forests and return happiness to the country.
Hazing ritual a reflection of militarism
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 03/09/2014
» Is there a chance that our police and soldiers will stop using torture as a means to get a confession? Is there a chance that our country will become a strong democracy without fear of military intervention? Not a chance as long as our society still endorses the barbarism of college hazing.
Ousting one monk won't save the clergy
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 20/08/2014
» With reform being the mantra of the moment, it was no surprise when the military junta finally cast its stern eye onto a clergy that is plagued by corruption and wayward monks.
Death penalty no cure for rape culture
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 09/07/2014
» What happened to 13-year-old Nong Kaem on the Surat Thani-Bangkok night train was every mother’s worst nightmare.
Honouring an artist
B Magazine, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 29/09/2013
» National Artist Manrat Srikaranonda recently had a most pleasant surprise to celebrate his 85th birthday. Not only did Her Royal Princess Soamsawali graciously preside over the charity concert by his musical family, the princess also sang one of his classics for the special occasion.
Farmers refuse to be reined in on land reform
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 06/03/2013
» After more than a decade of legal fights for land rights, Lamphun farmer Somboon Kaewklang can now breathe a sigh of relief. The Supreme Court last week declared him not guilty of land encroachment. But his struggle for land reform is far from over.