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Temple of Dawn offers a beacon of hope
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 14/01/2017
» To many, an education and a better future are a privilege and a luxury, although exception do arise such as in the case of the learning centre in active operation under the roof of the iconic Wat Arun in the old Bangkok quarters.
Royal pardon frees lese majeste convict
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 13/08/2016
» Patiwat Saraiyaem, who was jailed for insulting the monarchy, was among 235 inmates released on Friday following a royal amnesty decree to mark the Queen's 84th birthday.
TU student rips up ballot in polling station
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 07/08/2016
» Anti-coup activist and Thammasat student Piyarat Chongthep was arrested Sunday for ripping up his ballot at a Bang Na polling unit to oppose the draft constitution.
Jit remains little known in Thailand
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 06/05/2016
» Half a century after the passing of revolutionary Jit Bhumisak, the general public has yet to recognise this intellectual whose justice-for-all crusade made him join the communist insurgency and die at the age of only 36.
Remembering a faded revolutionary
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 05/05/2016
» SAKHON NAKHON -- Thailand needs to use something other than idolisation and propaganda to attract the younger generation to the scholarly works and ideology of late leftist intellectual Jit Phumisak, said historians commemorating the 50th anniversary of his death
Frustrations with the NCPO's progress linger one year after the coup
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/05/2015
» Despite frustration over the repressive measures of the Prayut government, many Thais remain tolerant one year after the coup — at least for now.
Jit followers mark his death
News, Published on 06/05/2015
» Hundreds of villagers and admirers of the late leftist intellectual Jit Phumisak took part in a function to commemorate the 49th year of his death yesterday, but kept activities low-key to avoid defying the regime's ban on political gatherings.
Poor urge govt to scrap evictions
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 23/12/2014
» Grassroots representatives have called on the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) to stop the "lopsided'' eviction of forest settlers and work out plans to help villagers affected by the order.
Activists condemn forest blitz
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 11/09/2014
» The National Council for Peace and Order's (NCPO) campaign to reclaim encroached forest land has come under fire by rights activists who said the move has adversely affected the lives of many forest dwellers.
Festival of Healing
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 07/01/2014
» The Narathiwat district of Rueso has a reputation _ undeserved, some would say _ for being a hotspot of insurgency. Home to some 60,000 people, it tends to be categorised by the security forces as "troublesome", lumped together with neighbouring districts like Bacho, Yi-ngo, Rangae and Si Sakhon as well as Raman and Bannang Sata in the adjoining province of Yala. All of these areas have become notorious over the past few decades as bases for armed separatists operating in the far South _ or have been labelled as such by outsiders.