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Monument for philosopher, writer Jit short of funds target
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 27/09/2012
» The Jit Bhumisak Foundation is soliciting donations to complete the construction of a monument and a statue of Thailand's great contemporary intellectual, Jit Bhumisak, in Sakhon Nakhon by May next year.
Academics call for Dawei port plan rethink
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 28/08/2012
» Civil society and academics have called on the government and contractor Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD) to review the Dawei deep-sea port plan and listen to the views of residents who stand to be affected.
Academics: Revise Dawei plan
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/08/2012
» The Thai government and contractor Italian-Thai Development should revise their plan for the Dawei port and industrial complex in Myanmar to reflect the impact on residents of both countries, say academics.
Thein Sein, PM ink deal on sea port
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/07/2012
» Thailand and Myanmar agreed yesterday to set up a joint committee to follow up on economic cooperation that includes linking the future Dawei deep-sea port with the Thai Eastern Seaboard.
Academics: Asean's 'sick patient'
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 21/06/2012
» Unless Thailand decisively ends the prolonged debate over whether the country should be led by guided or popular democracy, it will remain a sick patient in the emerging and competitive Asean Community, academics said at a seminar on Thursday.
Elation, dissent as first compensation payouts made
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/05/2012
» Elation shone clearly on the faces of those waiting to receive compensation packages for political violence at Government House on Thursday, but frustration still loomed large among those who do not yet know how much they will get, if anything, or when.
Leftist intellectual commemoration gain recognition
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 06/05/2012
» Several hundreds of people on Saturday joined the annual commemoration of the late leftist intellectual Jit Bhumisak in a high-spirit event which has gradually gained wider solidarity from the locals.
Folk hero Jit remembered
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 06/05/2012
» SAKHON NAKHONAbout 300 people attended the annual commemoration of the life of left-wing intellectual Jit Phumisak in a high-spirited event which is gaining wider popularity among locals.
Pheu Thai failed us, say red shirts
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 05/05/2012
» Despite their loyalty to the Pheu Thai Party-led government, red shirts in the northeastern provinces are increasingly grumbling about low commodity prices, high production costs and the rising cost of living which are making their lives increasingly miserable.
Isan red-shirts grumble: We're being ignored
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 04/05/2012
» Government supporters in red-shirt villages in the Northeast have voiced their grievances about the higher cost of living and complain none of the benefits of the populist policies have come their way yet.