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Self-regulation 'the right path' for media
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 16/02/2017
» Self-regulation is practical for journalists as an ethical and professional media is an important aspect of democracy, a seminar has been told.
Pai Dao Din allowed to sit uni exams in prison
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 18/01/2017
» The government has agreed to let lese majeste suspect Jatupat "Pai Dao Din" Boonpattararaksa sit two of his university exams in a Khon Kaen prison next month.
Southern families dream of freedom from prison
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 30/12/2016
» The sweetest wish for those whose loved ones are in prison is nothing other than their freedom. Many have have been granted it in time to celebrate the New Year; many others still cling to hope.
Government, rebels urged to discuss 'safe zones'
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 20/12/2016
» The ongoing violence leading to deaths and injuries in the deep South means both the government and insurgents should discuss seriously the setting up of "safe zones", according to a seminar in the capital.
Equality for all
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 05/12/2016
» People with different sexual orientation and gender identity all over the world are speaking out louder as they battle against discrimination, criminalisation and negative attitudes in the workplace, social and political life.
The difficulty of making a career in South Korea
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 30/10/2016
» There were plenty of furtive glances among the 100 or so Thais gathered at the temple southwest of Seoul. Though still only autumn, some wrapped themselves in thick winter clothing.
The scholar who was there
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 27/10/2016
» Kasian Tejapira is a professor of political science at Thammasat University and a prolific writer who has put out books, poems and more than 1,000 academic and newspaper articles since 1981. His key works include Toppling Thaksin; The Post-Modernisation Of Thainess; Imagined Uncommunity: The Lookjin Middle Class And Thai Official Nationalism; and The Irony Of Democratisation And The Decline Of Royal Hegemony In Thailand. All of them are often referenced in academic papers and debates on Thai society.
Loosening the 'monopolisation' of opinion
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/10/2016
» After more than two years in power, the military government has consolidated power among its brothers-in-arms rather than reaching out and embracing other stakeholders in planning the future of the country.
Few crisis lessons learned
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 03/10/2016
» Four decades after the Oct 6, 1976 bloodshed, one of the most gruesome chapters in modern Thai history has not yet been demystified by the Thai state, with some of the event's masterminds still powerful today, say academics.
Love, unshackled
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 05/09/2016
» They're not a Romeo and Juliet couple. But despite the tragic turn of fate, their romance is somewhat the envy of several girls.