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Never forget the sad, tragic story of 'our Billy'
Oped, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 16/04/2020
» For six years, April 17 has gained significance as the date the media often report about the enforced disappearance of Porlajee "Billy" Rakchongcharoen. It is the date the Karen community near Kaeng Krachan National Park in Phetchaburi pay tribute to "their Billy", the activist who is believed to have died several years ago.
Missing persons still need legal help
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 05/09/2019
» The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) is getting praise it well deserves. On Tuesday, the DSI held a joint press conference with other state agencies announcing they have found Porlajee "Billy" Rakchongcharoen, a Karen ethnic rights activist who disappeared more than five years ago.
Toxic chemicals ban needs political will
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 08/08/2019
» Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Chalermchai Sri-on is the only minister who has three deputies, each of whom has been working hard to boost their popularity and seek budgets to finance their projects.
Into the very dark depths of quarrying
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 19/07/2017
» The gruesome murder of a village head in Krabi and seven other victims last week shed some light on quarrying in this country.
Real life can't really mimic the movies
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 23/05/2016
» In the final scene of the Oscar-winning road movie, Thelma & Louise, the two desperate housewives and fugitives look at one another and hold hands. "Let us keep going." "What do you mean?" "Go!" "You sure?" Then, they hit the gas of the 1966 Ford Thunderbird convertible classic and fly off the cliff.
In the line of duty
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 30/04/2014
» Thai activists walk a dangerous road, a belief most recently confirmed in the disappearance of Porlajee ‘Billy’ Rakchongcharoen
Making money from others' misery
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 02/04/2014
» Rubbish disposal in Thailand can be a very dirty business, metaphorically as well as literally speaking. The recent fire at a garbage dump in tambon Phraeksa, Samut Prakan province, smouldered for days, necessitating the temporary evacuation of people living in its immediate vicinity and blanketing large swathes of eastern Bangkok in haze. And this past Sunday, another blaze erupted at a dump site in Samut Prakan, this time in Bang Phli district.
Out of the blue, into the dark
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 26/07/2012
» The nonsensical killings at a movie theatre in Aurora, Colorado, last Friday sent a chill down my spine. The feeling reminds me of a line from German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche: "If you stare into the abyss long enough, the abyss stares back at you."
Surely a little censorship is good for us
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 08/06/2012
» If this incident took place in our Land of Smiles and all characters were local, the whole country and its people _ the red and yellow shirts, and a bunch of clowns (also known as politicians) in our so-called parliament _ would stop and listen, in order to spin the rumour mill with great relish.