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Support for nuns long overdue
News, Editorial, Published on 18/09/2022
» The constitution guarantees gender equality. Why do female monastics not receive state support as monks do then? The Thai Nuns Institute raised this question last month at parliament. They are still waiting for an answer.
Criminal gangs tarnish Golden Triangle
Oped, Paskorn Jumlongrach, Published on 11/06/2022
» Bo Keo airport which is under construction in the northern part of Laos may give the impression of economic development in this once quiet corner of the world.
Sex, money and monkhood don't mix
Oped, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 12/05/2022
» The latest sex scandal of a popular preacher "Luang Pi Kato" once again reveals how rotten the cleric system is.
Temples no longer safe for children
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 30/10/2019
» News about monks' sexual misconduct has become so frequent that it no longer shocks. But the latest scandal involving a rapist, paedophile monk makes my blood boil.
Perpetuating sexism through prayers
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 29/04/2019
» Is it possible that women's lower status in Thai society has something to do with the way we Thai Buddhists pray?
School rampage hints at wider breakdown
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 26/02/2019
» Is the law still relevant in today's Thailand? The answer to this question is probably more pressing than the much-anticipated one about who the next prime minister will be.
The secret of Thailand's biggest female clergy
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 23/11/2017
» The clergy prohibits female ordination. That does not stop the Nirotharam Monastery in Chiang Mai from being the country's biggest community of female monks and novices -- and with strong support from local monks and residents too.
Female monks barred from paying respects
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 11/01/2017
» If you think any Thai can pay respects to the late revered monarch, you will be in for an unpleasant surprise.
Losing (and rediscovering) my religion
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 04/04/2016
» In the recent wake of terrorist atrocities -- most infamously done in the name of religion -- I could not help but question my own line of faith that is Buddhism. Or perhaps "reconnect" would be a better way to put it, as a so-called modern day millennial who isn't a very avid temple-goer.
Samaneri snubbed on Women's Day
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 11/03/2015
» Imagine you were offered a national award for your social work and ended up being humiliated at the presentation ceremony because you are a female monk.