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History beyond race, ultra-nationalism
Oped, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 09/10/2025
» The hall fell silent as the 87-year-old anthropologist began to speak. His voice was weak, punctuated by pauses to catch his breath, yet every word carried the weight of decades of scholarship.
Si Thep counters 'Thai' history
Editorial, Published on 01/10/2023
» Thailand rejoiced last week as the ancient town of Si Thep in Phetchabun province secured the esteemed Unesco World Heritage Site status. Si Thep, however, is more than just an archaeological treasure. It is a window into Thailand's multicultural society before the emergence of kingdoms and nation states. Si Thep is reshaping Thailand's history, and it should be incorporated into the country's history textbooks.
Protect Si Thep's people, not just site
Oped, Phacharaphorn Phanomvan, Published on 28/09/2023
» The deal is done. Si Thep has officially become Thailand's seventh official Unesco World Heritage Site. However, the Unesco listing is only half the battle. Now, work must start on rolling out the government's conservation plan, which should be improved.
Thailand's tin: Mining our real history
Oped, Rungsima Kullapat, Published on 29/09/2022
» Long before Thailand became a hub for industries like auto manufacturing, tourism and healthcare, it was a global hub for tin. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the mining of tin along the Andaman Sea coastline created wealth for Siam.
Last-ditch fight against forest tyranny
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 01/02/2021
» After two decades of hunger and hardship -- and a life without dignity in a prison-like resettlement village -- a group of indigenous forest dwellers decided to return to their ancestral home deep in the Kaeng Krachan jungle in Phetchaburi province.
Fanaticism, hate speech and Buddhism
Oped, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 09/09/2020
» If your ultra-royalist friends say we need to uphold the Nation-Religion-Monarchy state ideology to protect the country's peace, order and national identity, ask them whose nation and what religion they are talking about.
Heritage neglect lets Si Thep down
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 09/03/2019
» Recent news reports about an oil exploration project which is a just a stone's throw away from Si Thep historical park in Phetchabun has shocked the Thai people. The project, if it isn't shot down, may dim the hopes of the site becoming a Unesco world heritage site. PLOENPOTE ATTHAKOR talks to well-respected scholar Phuthorn Bhumadhon about the hot topic.
Friends of the state
News, Postbag, Published on 28/09/2018
» Your Sept 26 editorial addressed the issue of an ageing society and some of the problems associated with this demographic shift.
Deliver the letter, the sooner the better
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 08/04/2018
» There was an interesting tale of postal detective work recently at the New Zealand village of Cust on the South Island. A parcel received by the local postal centre bore the following cryptic address: ''To Kay and Philip. A farm, situated up a long driveway with cows, opposite a pub or thereabouts."
Paper-thin alibi for kids' day gun play
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 13/01/2018
» The irony must have been lost on him and on everyone around him. This Children's Day -- the day of machine guns, tanks and rocket launchers -- Thai kids will also get to take pictures with our cardboard prime minister, 10 standees in fact, in various poses and costumes deployed around Government House as special attractions.