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Myanmar workers want to go home, survey finds
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 18/12/2013
» Most Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand would like to return home, and the country could face a shortage of over five million workers as a result by 2025, according to survey results released on Wednesday.
Armed with ideas to help the South
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 14/12/2013
» The life of long-time business reporter Chumsak Naratwong has taken some interesting diversions, but nothing has been quite so satisfying as his return to his home town armed with the tools of literature and cultural promotions to help ease hostilities in the far South.
Chin Peng's remains could stay in South
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 23/09/2013
» The ashes and remains of the Communist Party of Malaya's former leader Chin Peng, who is being cremated today, are likely to be kept in southern Thailand.
Remains of Chin Peng to stay in South
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 22/09/2013
» The ashes of Chin Peng will likely be kept for remembrance in four southern villages where his Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) comrades resettled after the 1989 peace agreement, sources said Sunday.
Former communist leader dies
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 17/09/2013
» Chin Peng, the former leader of the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM), passed away at a Bangkok hospital early yesterday.
Former Malaysian communist leader dies in Thailand
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 16/09/2013
» The former leader of the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) Chin Peng died in a Bangkok hospital on Monday, as Malaysia celebrates the 50th anniversary of its independence.
Thailand concedes rights abuses raised by UN rapporteur
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/05/2013
» Thailand has conceded to issues raised by a UN special rapporteur as alleged malpractice regarding freedom of expression and migrant labour, and to the fatal harassment of human rights defenders.
HRW backs Andy Hall in libel outcry
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 11/04/2013
» New York-based Human Rights Watch has voiced its support for British labour rights advocate Andy Hall who is embroiled in a defamation case filed by a Thai fruit juice company.
Inquest told soldiers fired shot that killed Polenghi
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 07/12/2012
» Three witnesses told the Southern Bangkok Criminal Court on Friday they believed that Italian photo-journalist Fabio Polenghi died from shots fired by the military during the Abhisit Vejjajiva administration's crackdown of the violent red-shirt protests in 2010.
Core KNU member David Thaw dies
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 15/10/2012
» Karen National Union (KNU) core member David Thaw passed away on Sunday night in a military hospital in Yangon, according to Karen in exile.