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Chasing a better life
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 11/08/2025
» Over two decades ago, Mai and his family took a train from Surin to Bangkok. Like other young people, they searched for better opportunities in the big city. Initially, they helped with chores in an exchange for shelter at a shrine. Soon, he found other jobs and a place to sleep. Since then, he has delivered charcoal to shops and collected trash. He toils long, back-breaking hours for 150 baht per day.
Thanathorn queried over Thaksin claims
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/07/2023
» Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, the leader of the Progressive Movement and key supporter of the Move Forward Party (MFP), has been questioned if he has made a political deal with Thaksin Shinawatra, the de facto leader of the Pheu Thai Party.
Ayutthaya gold robber caught in Sa Kaeo
Online Reporters, Published on 23/06/2021
» A former security guard accused of smashing a showcase at a gold shop in Ayutthaya and fleeing with 20 baht weight of necklaces on Tuesday afternoon has been arrested in Sa Kaeo.
Infected trio arrested after fleeing field hospital
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/04/2021
» NAKHON NAYOK: Two women and a man infected with Covid-19 were arrested by police after fleeing a hospital in Sa Kaeo where they were being treated.
Not just a physical disease
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 29/04/2020
» A man from Narathiwat province who was due to be released from a Covid-19 quarantine facility jumped to his death from the fifth floor of a state hospital in Phra Pradaeng district of Samut Prakan province last month. Days before, in the province of Chiang Mai, another Thai male cut short his life in the same manner after learning that he had tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Study links virus fallout to suicides
News, Post Reporters, Published on 25/04/2020
» Scholars are urging the government to review virus lockdown measures and make its financial relief scheme more inclusive by claiming that job losses and business closures are spurring suicide cases.
Land plan will leave farmers 'in limbo'
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 17/11/2019
» The government's commodification of rural land will exacerbate the plight of farmers and create an "agricultural proletariat" in the name of development, a forum was warned on Saturday.
Land rights struggle mustn't be in vain
Sports, Attachak Sattayanurak, Published on 22/11/2018
» As the country's land conflicts have intensified, many will recall the role of the Farmers' Federation of Thailand, which struggled fiercely for land justice during the 1970s.