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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.
Night Library brings art to the people
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 01/05/2025
» Artists have launched a new collaborative project titled Night Library to inspire everyday life with exclusive art prints.
Tales of queer migration
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 19/06/2023
» There is a border that defines the contour of his identity. Only by crossing it can Jaokhun Promchana be the man he wants to be. After moving to the US, he studied a new language and toiled in the kitchen. Holding a dream close to his heart, he went the extra mile to join the US Navy and police. Currently, he is running a restaurant with his wife. From the outside, he looks no different from other men, but in his expired documents, a name and its title are a reminder of the former self that he already shed.
Pita-Piyabutr row over, for now
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 24/02/2023
» The Move Forward Party (MFP) on Thursday insisted the war of words between its leader, Pita Limjaroenrat, and Piyabutr Saengkanokkul, secretary-general of the Progressive Movement, was over.
Panel chases aid for duped berry pickers
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 13/10/2022
» The chairman of the House committee on Labour is speeding up coordination efforts with the Labour Ministry to provide financial aid of 30,000 baht for Thai berry pickers duped into working for a company in Finland in 2013.
Rethinking citizenship
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 03/10/2022
» What do you think when someone says those who are not loyal to the monarchy hate the nation?
Farewells teach us all to live for the moment
Oped, Thana Boonlert, Published on 01/07/2022
» When we bid farewell to something, it marks the end of a relationship. Saying it gives us a sense of ending. Saying goodbye reminds us of how vulnerable and uncertain our life is.
Bilateral talks over illegal migrants
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 22/12/2020
» The government is reviewing its guidelines over migrant workers in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak at a seafood market in Samut Sakhon.
Govt rights push urged under Biden
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 12/11/2020
» Thailand should improve its standard of democracy and human rights during the leadership of US President-elect Joe Biden and a likely continued trade war with China, a panel was told yesterday.
Public urged to take big polluters to task
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 26/09/2020
» People should help collect evidence as part of the attempt to bring big polluters in industries to justice, a forum was told.