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Corn subsidies perpetuate old problems
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 11/08/2018
» The government's decision to pay rice farmers to shift to corn farming raises more questions than it answers.
Supporting paraquat betrays the nation
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 02/06/2018
» The regime’s slogan to return happiness to the people has proven empty once again. Despite public demands for a ban, the military government has decided to allow paraquat, a highly toxic weed killer, to wreak havoc on public health and the environment.
Punish corruption, not migrant workers
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 05/07/2017
» What does it take to effectively regulate migrant labour? A tougher law? The Labour Ministry believes so. So does the military government. Hence the draconian decree on migrant labour management -- and the subsequent red faces all around.
We must build on His Majesty's great legacy
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 15/10/2016
» The announcement is coming; the same message bombarded my many Line chat rooms on Thursday afternoon. My hands trembled; my heart knew the unspeakable; tears started to well up and roll down my face: the country's worst fear was now a reality. My daughter called. I couldn't talk. "Are you all right?" she asked. I choked. "It's all right," she tried to console me. No, it's not all right. No.
Is the coup a symptom of deeper ills?
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 14/10/2015
» Forty-two years ago today, the kids did what their parents never dreamed of doing. Fired up by youthful courage and idealism, they led the popular uprising that finally overthrew the "tyrant trio", ending the country's three decades of military oppression.
Foreign land grab threat not just an illusion
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 24/05/2012
» Remember the news three years ago about some Saudi sheikhs trying to buy up paddy fields in central Thailand to ensure a steady rice supply for their oil-rich but food-scarce countries?