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30-baht health plan relaunch opposed
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 09/01/2012
» Civic groups are opposing the government's plan to relaunch the 30-baht universal healthcare scheme.
Undoing the damage
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 20/10/2012
» Political fallout in recent times has cut deep into the fabric of society and dented the coffers of a foundation which has been the lifeline of numerous underprivileged children.
Dept warns of less cash for drug-resistant malaria fight
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 06/12/2012
» Thailand may have to meet the cost of fighting drug-resistant malaria if international funding sources are cut, the head of the Disease Control Department says.
Monk defends sale of Mae Tao clinic land
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 21/07/2013
» Embattled monk Phra Kittisak Kittisopano has defended his recent sale of a plot of land that is home to the Mae Tao clinic run by Ramon Magsaysay laureate Cynthia Maung.
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.
Bridging the divide
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 04/02/2014
» When peace talks between the Thai government and the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) began last February, residents in the deep South were upbeat as a glimmer of hope was visible. The process hasn't been easy, and adding to the complication is the political crisis in Bangkok, which has suspended most other affairs in the country over the past three months.
UN warns of rise in teen pregnancies
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 14/03/2014
» Increasing teenage pregnancy is a wake-up call for Thai society to adopt new approaches to gender equality and comprehensive sexuality education for both boys and girls, experts say.
Building a constitution
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/06/2014
» At 93 and 84, these women have lived through 19 coups d’etats, and presumably feel nonchalant about most of them — including the latest one on May 22.
Documenting the eye of the storm
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 21/01/2015
» When 46-year-old Nikolaus Freiherr von Nostitz, better known as Nick, sent emails to his contacts on Dec 20 seeking financial help, some thought it was a scam. Soliciting donations is uncharacteristic of the outspoken but humble Nostitz. For years, people could see that the German was a modest guy who roamed around Bangkok on his decade-old Kawasaki GTO motorcycle to cover the turbulent transformation of Thai politics, from both sides (or more) of the conflict.
On the front, online
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 10/06/2015
» From a boy nostalgic for China, to a self-educated media lone ranger, Sa-nguan Khumrungroj exemplifies the age of citizen journalism in the terrain of both political and foreign affairs.