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Sea gypsies need help
Oped, Editorial, Published on 01/05/2025
» Land conflicts on Lipe island -- home to sea gypsies -- have flared up again amid concerns over land grabs by greedy business operators in this part of the southern province of Satun.
Hope for land protesters
Oped, Editorial, Published on 29/10/2024
» The Paetongtarn Shinawatra government has reassured the People's Movement for a Just Society (P-Move) that it will take care of displaced villagers' plight, ending its almost three-week street protest. Now, the ball is in the government's court.
Slow progress for P-Move
Oped, Editorial, Published on 19/10/2023
» Almost two weeks after laying siege to Bangkok, the People's Movement for a Just Society (P-Move) has decided to end its protest as the Srettha Thavisin government has promised to consider its list of 10 demands.
Koh Lipe villagers suffer 'Paradise Lost'
Oped, Paskorn Jumlongrach, Published on 16/12/2022
» While Satun's Lipe island in the Andaman sea has gained recognition as a tourist paradise, its beauty is the cause of deep trouble for Urak Lawoi -- an indigenous group that has been living on this pristine island for over a century.