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Well of tears dries up for grieving gran
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 29/04/2015
» Jiem Wongnoi, who lost her daughter and grandchild on the eve of the Songkran festival, has no tears left. "The tears are all dried up in my heart," she says.
Model citizens await fate in military court
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 15/12/2014
» Two bailed defendants allegedly involved in the so-called "Khon Kaen model" of red-shirt resistance insist they are innocent and had nothing to do with past red-shirt rallies.
Festival of Healing
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 07/01/2014
» The Narathiwat district of Rueso has a reputation _ undeserved, some would say _ for being a hotspot of insurgency. Home to some 60,000 people, it tends to be categorised by the security forces as "troublesome", lumped together with neighbouring districts like Bacho, Yi-ngo, Rangae and Si Sakhon as well as Raman and Bannang Sata in the adjoining province of Yala. All of these areas have become notorious over the past few decades as bases for armed separatists operating in the far South _ or have been labelled as such by outsiders.
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.