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Korea calling
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 07/11/2016
» The craze for Thai food is clearly visible in Seoul, and not just when celebrity chef Nooror Somany Steppe of the famous Blue Elephant Cooking School is whipping up a dish of Pad Thai, as she did at the Asean Culinary Festival recently.
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.
A strong voice from the South speaks up
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 28/02/2016
» Like many others in the South, Tuwaedaniya Tuwaemae-ngae had no inkling the then Yingluck administration would launch a peace dialogue with the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) three years ago.
Songkhla project puts villagers' livelihoods at risk
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 30/10/2015
» Not only will 118 families, or some 500 people, in Songkhla's Tepha district be evicted by the Egat coal-fired power plant, but it is also widely feared that the Gulf of Thailand's ecosystem and the livelihoods of the people in the neighbouring districts in Songkhla and Pattani will be affected by sea contamination.
Court upholds ruling in gas protest case
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 22/10/2015
» SONGKHLA: The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed riot charges against all 32 defendants arising from their protest against a Thai-Malaysian gas project in Hat Yai 13 years ago.
Supreme court acquits all protesters in Hat Yai gas pipeline riot
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 21/10/2015
» SONGKHLA — The Supreme Court has dismissed riot charges against all 32 defendants arising from their protest in Hat Yai against the Thai-Malaysian gas project 13 years ago, in a ruling delivered on Wednesday.
Kitakyushu leads the eco-metropolis pack
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 07/03/2015
» Once a grey industrialised metropolis that sat unheralded for decades on Japan’s southern island, Kitakyushu has been reborn as a green city that has rocketed to prominence as a "smart" role model for Asia.
System 'fails rights supporters'
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 28/09/2013
» Authorities have failed to provide justice for victims of the Tak Bai killings, human rights defenders said yesterday.
Academics say information ACT based on maintaining secrecy
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 21/10/2012
» The Information Act of 1997 has not brought about good governance because the law has been used to keep secrets rather than to protect the people's right to know, a seminar was told.
Myanmar leader due for PM talks
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 22/07/2012
» Thailand needs to make full use of Myanmar President Thein Sein's visit this week to clarify how his government will solidify a framework of economic cooperation and protection, business sources say.