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Phangnga gang rape case rattles nation
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 10/09/2017
» The general public was shocked to learn of a horrific crime this week -- the gang rape of a 14-year-old girl in Phangnga's Takua Thung district last year. Their initial shock was perhaps only amplified when they found out that at least 40 men from the village of Ban Koh Raet in tambon Lo-yung were facing accusations of their involvement in several episodes of rape.
Women are not simply walking vaginas
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 31/08/2017
» If you think it's shameful for a poet and academic to ridicule former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra for fleeing the country by reducing her to a vagina in their spoonerism poems that went viral on social media, wait until you read the one penned by a monk encouraging gang rape.
Data essential to ending violence against women
News, Published on 24/08/2016
» The 2012 New Delhi gang rape on a bus that eventually resulted in the young woman's death. The 2015 Chiang Mai case of a woman who was beaten and killed. This year's so-called "honour killing" of a prominent feminist and social media star in Pakistan.
The premier and our age so full of fury
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 06/02/2016
» ‘Angry people are not always wise,” Jane Austen wrote in Pride and Prejudice.
Gang must pay for crime
News, Editorial, Published on 04/02/2016
» The public outburst as demonstrated in the angry comments on social media against a group of teenagers who murdered a man, and raped and badly assaulted his girlfriend is understandable.
Govt invasion of Shan state mocks ceasefire pact
News, Charm Tong, Published on 24/10/2015
» Since early October, the Myanmar government has launched a large-scale offensive in central Shan State. Nay Pyi Taw has deployed thousands of troops and heavy artillery to seize territory from the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA), despite existing bilateral state and union level ceasefire agreements.
Sexual harassment is not the new norm
News, Editorial, Published on 11/10/2015
» Once again, the State Railway of Thailand is attracting attention for all the wrong reasons after another case of sexual assault against a young passenger. A 15-year-old girl alleged a ticket officer harassed her and assaulted her, although she managed to raise the alarm before her attacker grabbed her phone.
Time to stop hazing once and for all
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 02/09/2015
» When lecturer Lalita Hanwong spoke out against the senselessness of hazing at Mahasarakham University's College of Music, she was bombarded with rape and death threats by angry students.
Selective sympathy in an anonymous society
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 05/08/2015
» The past weekend has been quite a long one for many - four days of vacation and Buddhist religious activities. It was a weekend that was defined by merit-making and people saying no to alcohol. The abstinence lasted for two days. Thong Lor was deserted on Friday night - a phenomenon for Bangkok.
Cities aim to make women feel safer
News, Published on 18/06/2015
» Going out for dinner and not sure which area would be safer at night for a woman travelling on her own? Want to track your daughter to ensure she gets back from college safely?