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  • THAILAND

    Thaksin's transfer raises eyebrows

    Published on 28/08/2023

    » The Department of Corrections (DoC) has come under fire for treating former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra better than other prisoners in the system, with critics questioning whether the ex-premier is really ill.

  • OPINION

    All older cons need support

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 26/08/2023

    » Video clips of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra doing exercise recently went viral. Images showed Thaksin vigorously punching and kicking a training bag, and he was also filmed lifting dumbbells and in a swimming pool. The scenes were presumably recorded some time ago during his self-exile overseas.

  • OPINION

    Thawatchai's death only fuels suspicion

    News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 05/09/2016

    » Did Thawatchai Anukul, the former land official in Phuket and Phang-nga, hang himself? Or did he die accidentally while undergoing cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by medics of Mongkutwattana Hospital? Or was he intentionally killed by someone to prevent him from revealing something that they don't want others to know about?

  • OPINION

    Disrespect towards the lese majeste law

    News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 07/06/2016

    » This week 10 years ago, as I was wrapping up an interview with the Grand Duke of Luxembourg who joined other monarchs in celebrating HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 60th anniversary on the throne, he asked me a question that overwhelmed me so much that I could not immediately answer but had tears run down my face.

  • THAILAND

    The path of most resistance

    Spectrum, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/04/2015

    » Their photos and names are not only held on civilian, police and military intelligence files. The armed forces have now spread warnings about them to non-military staff and family members situated in and around Bangkok barracks.

  • LIFE

    Ornanong Thaisriwong feels violated

    Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 22/01/2015

    » The tag line for Ornanong Thaisriwong's B-Floor Theatre solo performance Bang-La-Merd two years ago, was "My Wonderfully Smiling City". For its restaging, which begins today at Thonglor Art Space, however, it has changed to "The Land I Do Not Own".

  • THAILAND

    'Don't forget lese majeste prisoners'

    Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 22/03/2014

    » The public must not forget prisoners of conscience at this crucial juncture in Thai politics, a young student activist said after visiting lese majeste prisoners at the Bangkok Remand Prison on Saturday.

  • THAILAND

    Lese majeste defendant freed

    Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 18/02/2014

    » The Supreme Court has reversed the Appeal Court’s two-year-and-eight-month sentence against a lese majeste defendant, upholding the ruling of the Criminal Court that the offender suffered from schizophrenia.

  • OPINION

    Postbag: The antithesis of buddhism

    News, Published on 16/02/2014

    » Buddhism and democracy have much in common. They both allow and encourage fairness, not unfairness, justice, not injustice, and giving, not taking. While democracy is far from perfect, it is the best form of government known to mankind. Its intention is social cohesion by allowing freedom of expression. In Buddhism, people are judged by their intentions not their actions.

  • THAILAND

    Some mourn on Valentine's Day

    News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 14/02/2014

    » As people exchange pledges of love on Valentine’s Day, two women in Thailand who lost loved ones in difficult political circumstances make more solemn vows to their late husband and son respectively. ‘‘We will never love you less though death has parted us’’.

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