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Elation, dissent as first compensation payouts made
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/05/2012
» Elation shone clearly on the faces of those waiting to receive compensation packages for political violence at Government House on Thursday, but frustration still loomed large among those who do not yet know how much they will get, if anything, or when.
Eviction delay urged as forest map redone
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 30/11/2016
» As the cabinet is poised to endorse a common map of forest land to be shared by all state agencies before the end of the year, activists have suggested the state put eviction plans on hold until the map has been finalised.
South locals place faith in 'triangle' plan
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 09/09/2016
» Residents in the deep South are confident the "triangle" economic model with an emphasis on oil palm-related industry and infrastructure will help resolve the insurgency and revitalise the region, a panel was told yesterday.
Canada puts climate atop diplomatic concerns
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 18/01/2016
» A fresh and ambitious Justin Trudeau administration has mainstreamed the climate change agenda into its foreign policy engagement with Thailand, but comprehensive bilateral relations must await a return to democracy in Thailand, says Canada's ambassador to Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia.
PMO dealt landmark compensation defeat
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 23/08/2015
» The Prime Minister’s Office has been ordered to compensate the family of a suspect beaten to death in 2007 while in the custody of security forces in Yala.
Families still bitter in wake of botched raid
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/04/2015
» The public furore about the deadly military-police raid on a house in Thung Yang Daeng district on March 25 has subsided after a military probe cleared the four victims of any involvement in the insurgency.
Northeastern activists call for early poll
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/12/2014
» Northeastern activists have denounced the high costs of drafting the new constitution, calling for an early election so people can vote in the government that shapes their laws.
Centre blazes trail for South in forensics
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 18/11/2014
» Police Forensic Science Centre 10 has become invaluable for security operations in the restive South with its Forensics Integrated Database System (Fids) helping to piece together the jigsaw puzzles of each attack.
The South's harshest reality
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 23/08/2014
» Six governments have come and gone since 2004, but the inferno of violence in the deep South rages on with the dead continuing to multiply and the trauma for the living never-ending.
Downgrade a wake-up call
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 21/06/2014
» Washington's decision to downgrade Thailand in its annual human trafficking review is a wake-up call to improve the treatment of workers across the entire export supply chain, says a human rights campaigner.