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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.
Court ruling rattles legal experts
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 17/03/2025
» A month has passed, but society is still debating the lawsuit against Pirongrong Ramasoota, a commissioner of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC).
Hope dies in Thailand's broken system
Oped, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 28/02/2025
» A woman, stunned, her husband holding her hand as she walks down the courthouse stairs. Prof Pirongrong Ramasoota, a respected scholar and commissioner of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), has been sentenced to two years in jail. Her crime? Having a dispute with a corporate giant during her work as a state media regulator.
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.
'Save Thap Lan' campaign just a ruse
Oped, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 12/07/2024
» The viral "Save Thap Lan" campaign on social media is probably the biggest hoax of the year. As simple as that.
Monks caught in poaching scandal
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 03/06/2024
» Sex and money scandals among rogue monks are old news, barely raising an eyebrow any more. What's grabbing headlines now? Monks involved in wildlife poaching.
Billy's long, long journey for justice
Oped, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 06/10/2023
» After nine relentless years of pursuing justice, Pinnapa "Mueno" Prueksapan was left stunned by the court's verdict late last month that cleared the man she held responsible for her husband's violent death of a murder charge.
Violence hampers Unesco park quest
Oped, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 17/06/2021
» Thailand's effort to turn the Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex into a Unesco World Heritage Site has been made in vain for the past six years. Will it have succeeded by the time the annual World Heritage Convention convenes in July?
Forest dictatorship at Kaeng Krachan
Oped, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 03/03/2021
» Enough is enough. When the meek indigenous forest dwellers fearlessly walked out of the meeting with the forest authorities in Kaeng Krachan National Park last week, their message was clear: Enough of your lies, cheating and violence. Enough of our hunger and loss of dignity from forced resettlement. Enough of threats and intimidation. We are going home for good.
Last-ditch fight against forest tyranny
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 01/02/2021
» After two decades of hunger and hardship -- and a life without dignity in a prison-like resettlement village -- a group of indigenous forest dwellers decided to return to their ancestral home deep in the Kaeng Krachan jungle in Phetchaburi province.