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News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 14/01/2017
» Adul Boonruang didn't believe that conventional schooling would enable people to express themselves and their identities. He came up with an unconventional workshop for students, parents and teachers in small communities in Lamphun to learn together.
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 14/01/2017
» To many, an education and a better future are a privilege and a luxury, although exception do arise such as in the case of the learning centre in active operation under the roof of the iconic Wat Arun in the old Bangkok quarters.
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 27/12/2016
» Australia and Thailand are separated by 5,788km, or eight hours on the plane. But the distance belies the strong bond between the country in the southern hemisphere and the tropical Southeast Asian Kingdom, who will celebrate 65 years of diplomatic relations next year.
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/12/2016
» Governments of origin, transit and destination must all do more to ensure fairer treatment of migrant workers around the world by implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), according to activists in the field.
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 05/12/2016
» People with different sexual orientation and gender identity all over the world are speaking out louder as they battle against discrimination, criminalisation and negative attitudes in the workplace, social and political life.
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 07/11/2016
» The craze for Thai food is clearly visible in Seoul, and not just when celebrity chef Nooror Somany Steppe of the famous Blue Elephant Cooking School is whipping up a dish of Pad Thai, as she did at the Asean Culinary Festival recently.
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 07/11/2016
» Koreans might see a change of the guard at the Blue House before the presidential election scheduled for late next year. But the current outrage directed at President Park Geun-hye is more of a sideshow taking place against the backdrop of more profound changes.
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 28/10/2016
» Seoul: The Thai language has helped strengthen cultural and economic ties with South Korea, says Thai ambassador to Seoul Sarun Charoensuwan.
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 27/10/2016
» Kasian Tejapira is a professor of political science at Thammasat University and a prolific writer who has put out books, poems and more than 1,000 academic and newspaper articles since 1981. His key works include Toppling Thaksin; The Post-Modernisation Of Thainess; Imagined Uncommunity: The Lookjin Middle Class And Thai Official Nationalism; and The Irony Of Democratisation And The Decline Of Royal Hegemony In Thailand. All of them are often referenced in academic papers and debates on Thai society.
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 16/10/2016
» Mass arrests of mostly young Muslim men in Bangkok last week have raised concerns that arbitrary detention, seen often in the deep South, will become the "new normal" nationwide.