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A stranger's welcome
Life, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 09/05/2019
» Most tropical beach holidays offer the usual formula of sun, sand and sea. Quy Nhon in Vietnam is for holidaymakers looking for another important "s" -- serenity.
Organic rice a saviour for struggling farmers
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 26/11/2016
» When the government gave rice farmers 13,000 baht per tonne to shore up the all-time-low paddy prices, Boonsong Martthong and hundreds of organic rice farmers in Yasothon province just could not care less.
Paying lip service to HM the King's efforts
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 02/11/2016
» After His Majesty the King's 70-year-long dedication to fight poverty, why is disparity in Thailand among the worst in the world?
Karen fight to keep farms in parks conflict
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 20/01/2016
» It is a long walk on rugged terrain. The nearest traditional rice field of the indigenous Karen is five kilometres away from the village, tucked away in a dense forest. Yet Mueno, while carrying her three-old son, shows no sign of fatigue even as I am gasping for breath.
Nuns show us what merit really means
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 29/10/2014
» Whenever the issue of female ordination pops up, we hear two standard lines from our clerical elders.
Decentralise to desensitise in rural South
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 06/02/2013
» They wanted to help. That was why a group of rice farmers from Sing Buri and Suphan Buri ignored their fears and travelled to the restive South to help their southern Muslim peers revive their long-abandoned rice fields.
ASTV Manager rears the ugly head of sexism
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 16/01/2013
» So what prompted the soldiers' angry protests against ASTV Manager, the media arm of the yellow-shirt movement? Was it ASTV Manager's bombardment of criticism against army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha's stance on the Preah Vihear legal battle with Cambodia which was condemned as unpatriotic?
Some stay organic
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 09/08/2012
» When the government pays almost 50 per cent more than the domestic market price for "every single grain" farmers produce, they naturally pump farm chemicals into their paddy fields to push up yields and grow as much rice as they can. Not Somboon Daeng-aroon, however.
Foreign land grab threat not just an illusion
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 24/05/2012
» Remember the news three years ago about some Saudi sheikhs trying to buy up paddy fields in central Thailand to ensure a steady rice supply for their oil-rich but food-scarce countries?
Flood schemes ignoring vital local expertise
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 22/03/2012
» While everyone seems to agree with government plans to dredge rivers and canals as well as the need to obtain massive water retention areas to prevent a new round of mega flooding, Panya Tokthong is one person who is not convinced.