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The teachers at risk of detention
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 06/12/2015
» In the halls of higher learning, some academics believe the Thai military is waging a war against teachers who encourage their students to think critically. Attachak Sattayanurak, an economics and political history professor at Chiang Mai University, says the ruling junta is engaging in Orwellian “thought control” and trying to produce a generation of “stupid” students.
Thrust into the spotlight
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 06/09/2015
» Located just 50km from the heart of Bangkok, Nong Chok district could have been pincered from the southern provinces and relocated on the eastern outskirts of the capital.
Students play game of follow the leader
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 19/07/2015
» At Ramkhamhaeng University, the path from student activism to national politics is a well- trodden one. But for some students now enrolled at the open university, there is no irony in supporting the military government and having the chance of one day participating in parliamentary politics themselves.
Teaching peace amid death in the deep South
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 03/05/2015
» ‘We were building good citizens for a stronger nation, you came and tore them down,” said the rector of Fatoni University. “We have been left devastated.”
Doctor sick of all the 'trash'
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 03/08/2014
» The founder of a group of vigilante lese majeste hunters stirred controversy earlier this year when he suggested offenders were "trash" worthy of being discarded. Now, more than two months after the military toppled the Pheu Thai-led government, Rienthong Nanna and his Rubbish Collection Organisation (RCO) are struggling to maintain relevancy.
We're not going to take it
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 10/11/2013
» The demonstrations were unlike any which came before them. Thousands turned out, in all colours and of all ages, in a people-led movement powered by social media that transcended politics. It was almost as if the country collectively said: Enough. The government had been too blatant and too forceful in its attempt to bring home former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, and was willing to sell out too many principles and people to achieve this aim with a blanket amnesty bill.
Duty or obstacle? _ a look at conscription and national service
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 03/03/2013
» Last month, army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha made a shocking announcement - especially for males under 21 who had never been conscripted - that those who had attended Ror Dor military school might no longer be exempt from national service.