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The remarkable rise of Rukchanok ‘Ice’ Srinork
Oped, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 06/02/2026
» No matter what happens on Sunday election, one fact is already sealed. Rukchanok “Ice” Srinork, a former lawmaker representing the People’s Party, is now the most popular politician in Thai history. The word “female” is almost redundant.
Breaking men: a conscript's tale
Oped, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 19/01/2026
» His face looks tired and strained. His voice trembles, carrying the pain and bitterness from the dehumanisation he endured as a conscript.
Ban Kanchanapisek's healing lessons
Oped, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 04/09/2024
» How do you heal hardcore young criminals and turn them into active citizens? Ask Thicha Nanakorn -- she has the answer.
Temple graft shows need for reform
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 11/04/2022
» The country's latest temple corruption scandal occurred at a first-class royal monastery; the centre of a sect founded by reformist monarch King Mongkut to clean up the clergy. What an irony!
Hair saga reflects authoritarian culture
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 13/07/2020
» If you want to understand why dictatorship persists in Thailand, or the reason why the culture of bullying and impunity is so deep-rooted here, what happened at a public school in Si Sa Ket earlier this month offers an answer.
'Bleach mum' exposes welfare failure
Oped, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 03/06/2020
» Had not the doctors intervened, a two-year-old toddler may have been poisoned to death by his mother. They could not save the boy's four-year-old sister, however. She was already dead from the same malady.
Temples no longer safe for children
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 30/10/2019
» News about monks' sexual misconduct has become so frequent that it no longer shocks. But the latest scandal involving a rapist, paedophile monk makes my blood boil.
Getting to the root of the problem
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 21/07/2018
» In search of a solution to deforestation and the persisting rights conflicts between Thai forest dwellers and state authorities? Meet Sant Khamkhum. This owner of a small farm in northern Uttaradit province believes he has the answer to one of the country's biggest problems.
Poll without people power holds no promise
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 10/05/2018
» After four years of heavy-handed repression, why has the military government suddenly softened its stance with grassroots and civil society movements? The answer is in the front-page photo of every newspaper on Tuesday.
Prayer for the dying: will, morphine, peace
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 23/02/2018
» My parents were not only my role models in the way they lived their lives as fearless journalists and compassionate human beings, but in the way they passed -- quietly on their beds, in our family home, in the midst of the night, without any fuss, successfully avoiding frantic attempts to prolong their lives.