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Korea calling
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.
Learning a valuable lesson
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/09/2016
» Police teachers from distant districts in the South -- and other parts of the country -- have found that even further south is a key to their pursuit of running successful primary schools and ensuring their pupils are knowledgeable and resilient.
Political fights, human rights
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 26/09/2016
» It's not the cruellest scene from Oct 6, 1976, but cruelty was never in short supply that morning. What Somchai Homla-or experienced is just one of many unfortunate examples that remind descendants and survivors of how ugly mobilised nationalist mobs can turn modern Thai history into a bloodbath.
The mother of change
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 27/01/2016
» Her profile is not a fascinating story of a revolutionary mother. She's just a striving housewife juggling her many odds job as a housemaid, a fortune teller and a mother of four children. The eldest one of which happens to be a big pebble that is clanking in the powerful military's boots.
History beckons in pivotal vote
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 08/11/2015
» Yangon: Voters are fronting up to polling booths across Myanmar this morning faced with a stark choice — endorse army-backed reform or push into an uncertain democratic future.
The path of most resistance
Spectrum, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/04/2015
» Their photos and names are not only held on civilian, police and military intelligence files. The armed forces have now spread warnings about them to non-military staff and family members situated in and around Bangkok barracks.
Thailand faces serious challenges on Human Rights Day
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 09/12/2014
» Tomorrow is our Constitution Day; others in the international arena know it as Human Rights Day. Many of us in Thailand feel that we don't have either — at least for the time being and hopefully not for the long haul.
Lese majeste cons fight stigma
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 19/03/2014
» After doing a lot of soul-searching about their ordeal of being sent to jail for what they judge were innocuous crimes, a number of former political prisoners have decided to set up a network to pool their resources and tell their stories to the rest of society.
Former lese majeste cons pool efforts to end stigma
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 20/03/2014
» Former prisoners jailed for lese majeste and crimes related to political unrest have set up a support network to deal with the social stigma of their criminal records.
China has 'no desire' for world dominance
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 02/12/2012
» China, under the new leadership of Xi Jinping, has no intention of replacing the United States as a global hegemonic power, the head of the Chinese Communist Party's delegation to Thailand says.