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Adul pushes forward with 'school of life'
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 14/01/2017
» Adul Boonruang didn't believe that conventional schooling would enable people to express themselves and their identities. He came up with an unconventional workshop for students, parents and teachers in small communities in Lamphun to learn together.
Temple of Dawn offers a beacon of hope
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 14/01/2017
» To many, an education and a better future are a privilege and a luxury, although exception do arise such as in the case of the learning centre in active operation under the roof of the iconic Wat Arun in the old Bangkok quarters.
Progress lagging for far South as government grows timid
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 02/01/2017
» This year, despite government efforts to address the problems, familiar issues of the deep South are likely to recur -- hierarchical duplication among agencies, megaphone diplomacy, and continued violence.
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.
South locals place faith in 'triangle' plan
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 09/09/2016
» Residents in the deep South are confident the "triangle" economic model with an emphasis on oil palm-related industry and infrastructure will help resolve the insurgency and revitalise the region, a panel was told yesterday.
Court revokes warrants of police tied to revolt party
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/08/2016
» The Military Court agreed yesterday to revoke the arrest warrants of two policemen suspected of involvement in the activities of the so-called Revolutionary Front for Democracy Party (RFDP) who had been arrested for plotting against the way the country is governed.
Cost of high-speed train system faces review
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 02/07/2016
» Experts have called for the 3.5km high-speed train construction in Nakhon Ratchasima to be scrapped, with the cost of the entire high-speed rail system to undergo review.
Father, son convicted in mine assault case
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 01/06/2016
» The Loei Provincial Court handed down two and three-year jail sentences respectively to a father and son, both military defendants, in a high-profile attack on anti-mining villagers in 2014.
Jit remains little known in Thailand
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 06/05/2016
» Half a century after the passing of revolutionary Jit Bhumisak, the general public has yet to recognise this intellectual whose justice-for-all crusade made him join the communist insurgency and die at the age of only 36.
Remembering a faded revolutionary
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 05/05/2016
» SAKHON NAKHON -- Thailand needs to use something other than idolisation and propaganda to attract the younger generation to the scholarly works and ideology of late leftist intellectual Jit Phumisak, said historians commemorating the 50th anniversary of his death