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When students rise
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 28/10/2025
» Back in the mid-19th century, female education increased literacy and access to jobs and they began to fight for participation in public life. The public sphere promised them a new horizon. From the 1890s onwards, print media began to allow women to express their voice and authors vaunted personal talent and equality, including gender relations. Following the Siamese Revolution in 1932, women were enfranchised for the first time.
Written in blood
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 21/07/2025
» In 2015, Joe Freeman and Aung Naing Soe noticed the prominent status of poetry in Myanmar politics. At the time, both journalists heard that Maung Saungkha, a 23-year-old poet, posted a poem about having a tattoo of an unnamed president on his penis on Facebook. Saungkha, however, was charged for defaming former president Thein Sein under telecommunication law, serving a six-month jail term.
The rebranding of 'big brother' Gen Prawit
Oped, Thana Boonlert, Published on 02/09/2022
» A day after Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha was suspended from his prime ministerial duties, Paiboon Nititawan, deputy leader of the ruling Palang Pracharath Party, was handing out a biography on Gen Prawit Wongsuwon, now acting PM, to reporters.
US turns focus to South China Sea
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 14/07/2020
» Last week, US army chief of staff Gen James McConville visited Thailand to strengthen the 65-year-old military alliance, culminating in the signing of the Strategic Vision Statement. Early this month, China held a five-day naval drill near the contested Paracel Islands. Then the US carried out military exercises in the waterway showing support for the free and open Indo-Pacific, as the South China Sea has been subject to overlapping claims by many countries, including China.
Virus puts police officers in harm's way
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 30/04/2020
» Although some members of the public can safely work from home, police officers are combating crime at their own risk amid the coronavirus outbreak, which has infected 60 officers and put nearly 1,500 in self-quarantine.
Investing in children, youth 'will help offset effects of ageing society'
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 03/11/2019
» Thailand, as the chair of Asean, has made pledges to protect children's rights as a silver cloud looms over the region on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).
'Political warfare' worries veteran critic
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 16/10/2019
» Political analyst Thirayuth Boonmee warned on Tuesday that Thailand has regressed after long periods of political mass rallies and military coups.
Ending blackouts on the border
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 12/08/2019
» Due to their geographical isolation, two border patrol police schools in Prachuap Khiri Khan have been struggling to distribute food rations to their students, many of whom are members of the province's ethnic minorities. In a bid to help improve their living conditions, the German Embassy in Thailand -- through its Micro Project Scheme -- has delivered solar-powered refrigerators to schools in frontier zones.
Asia-Pacific ministers vow to end regional rows
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 03/08/2019
» Foreign ministers of Asia-Pacific countries have affirmed they were committed to resolving conflicts in the South China Sea, Myanmar's Rakhine state, and the Korean Peninsula, according to the Foreign Ministry.
Fighting for hilltribes' rights
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 10/06/2019
» When the House convened early on the morning of May 25 to vote for the House Speaker, Nattaphon Suepsakwong was among 498 MPs who took the oath of office. However, he had made the longest journey to the parliament because he is a hilltribe man.