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Loss count in South 'needs reassessment'
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 21/12/2016
» The government should start to assess the economic cost of conflicts in the deep South in a more systematic way, with the participation of civil society organisations, Rangsit University's dean of the College of Social Innovation Sungsidh Piriyarangsan says.
Few crisis lessons learned
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 03/10/2016
» Four decades after the Oct 6, 1976 bloodshed, one of the most gruesome chapters in modern Thai history has not yet been demystified by the Thai state, with some of the event's masterminds still powerful today, say academics.
Scholar urges quest for maritime peace
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 23/07/2016
» No immediate solutions to decades-long maritime disputes are expected from the Asean meetings in Laos this weekend, but China and southeast Asian nations must continue to engage in dialogues for a peaceful South China Sea, a prominent Philippine scholar has said.
Despite gains, China still second fiddle to West, analysts say
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 30/05/2016
» Thai military rule may complicate and weaken Asean's position in the international security setting, but the gestures made to date by the junta should not be seen as a shift from the western-allied camp to China, analysts caution.
Detained poet blasts military regime
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/05/2016
» A poet is continuing to challenge the regime in a military court, almost two years after being arrested, calling the coup-makers possible traitors.
Fate of Khon Kaen model defendants uncertain
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 07/05/2016
» Two years ago, a confused Virachai Chabunmee woke up to find himself banged up in prison with a bunch of inmates whom he was supposedly in cahoots with in an insurrection plot.
Thousands back return of Muslim school
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 20/03/2016
» With a long history as an Islamic boarding school, Jihad Witaya pondok stands as a symbol of Muslim defiance of Bangkok, along with Krue Se and Tak Bai. It is also said to have been a terrorist training ground with a connection to the army base raid in 2004 that reignited the southern insurgency.
Terrifying hospital attack raises rights concerns
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 18/03/2016
» The military has assured the public the army will never resort to underground operations that could have dire effects on innocent people following a siege at a hospital in Narathiwat on Sunday.
Victims' kin vent fury at NACC ruling
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 07/01/2016
» The mother of a nurse slain at Wat Pathum Wanaram during the horrific violence in May 2010 has vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice.
AFP awards Kate Webb Prize to Prachatai reporter
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 02/12/2015
» A crusading online reporter from alternative news site Prachatai has taken this year's Agence France-Presse (AFP) Kate Webb Prize for her coverage of royal defamation cases, as debate reignites on freedom of expression versus the lese majeste laws in Thailand.