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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.

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    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.

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    Thai activist gets political refugee tag

    News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 14/11/2018

    » Anti-junta activist Chanoknan Ruamsap, who fled the country earlier this year after being charged with lese majeste, has received political refugee status from the South Korean government.

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    Poaching: Sanctuary park's troubled past

    News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 07/02/2018

    » Thungyai Naresuan, a valuable and wildlife-rich forest, has been notorious for decades as an area where rich and powerful people enjoy poaching and game hunting.

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    Lacking the grit to take up Sombath case

    News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 14/12/2017

    » The year-end period is supposed to be the time for celebrations with loved ones. But for Ng Shui Meng, wife of the missing rural community developer in Laos, Sombath Somphone, this time of year is traumatic.

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    More jail time won't prevent drink-driving

    News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 05/07/2017

    » Last week, the Road Safety Policy Foundation launched a campaign for harsher punishments of drink-drivers, calling for authorities to give them immediate jail terms without suspension. For me, the campaign confirms two things. First, our law enforcement has failed to deter people from driving under the influence of alcohol. Second, as the long weekend approaches, the campaign suggests that it could be yet another period of carnage on the roads from accidents.

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    Finding inspiration in the classics

    Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 22/08/2016

    » Media gurus love to harp that print media is a sunset industry. Few of them can offer a solution. Yet editors and publishers see where the tide will turn when they look at Atikhom Khunavuth, journalist, founder and editor-in-chief of Way Magazine. The 46-year-old always looks at the publishing scene with insight and perspective; he moved his magazine online while turning his monthly print version into a thick quarterly volume for subscription only. Respected as a man with content, Atikhom shares his reading list.

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    Focus forest plan on the urban jungle

    News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 09/05/2016

    » While I welcome the National Council for Peace and Order's plan to recover 128 million rai of forest land over the next decade, it is to say the least, somewhat ambitious. The goal, in my humble opinion, is harder than restoring democracy itself.

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    Thais must face up to China reality

    News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 28/03/2016

    » There has always been a special bond between China and Thailand, which hosts the largest overseas Chinese community in the world. In Thai culture, the Chinese influence is easily traced, through descendants whose origins can be found in rural areas of the southern Chinese mainland, from where their ancestors fled poverty, communism and political oppression to the more hospitable environs of Thailand.

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    Myanmar up-close and personal

    Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 22/03/2016

    » 'Welcome to the Guesthouse. The small space is made to set you free from anxiety. But first you need to leave your old perceptions behind. You need to open your mind for new memories," says Kyaw Luck, a guide for the exhibition "Myanmar Up-Close", which opened last week at Museum Siam.

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