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Farmers refuse to be reined in on land reform
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 06/03/2013
» After more than a decade of legal fights for land rights, Lamphun farmer Somboon Kaewklang can now breathe a sigh of relief. The Supreme Court last week declared him not guilty of land encroachment. But his struggle for land reform is far from over.
Army must keep its pledge to end boot camp violence
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 24/04/2013
» How are new conscripts being taught military discipline? In not one but two YouTube videos that went viral last week, the public was outraged to see privates being repeatedly kicked and slapped in the face and trampled hard in the back and torso as punishment for disobedience.
Nets and their ruthless grasp
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 13/03/2013
» Last month, environmentalist Banjong Nasae created a Facebook petition asking billionaire Dhanin Chearavanont and his agro-giant CP to stop buying "trash fish" caught by environmentally destructive trawlers to make animal feed. It attracted more than 30,000 "Likes" and 4,000 "Shares" in a few weeks.
Crushing royal critics feels so un-Buddhist
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 20/03/2013
» A decade or so ago, an official letter of warning from the Police Special Branch Division landed on my desk. It was about an article by a physician-turned-monk entitled "How the Buddha died" in the former Outlook section I was working on back then.
Pope Francis sets example for all faiths
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 03/04/2013
» Critics said it was just a publicity stunt. But that was not how I felt when I watched the video of Pope Francis washing and kissing the feet of prisoners who included women and Muslims. I felt a lump in my throat as tears welled up in my eyes.
Teen girls need more than a pill to gain freedom
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 10/04/2013
» After reading about the decision by a court in the United States to allow teenage girls under 17 to buy morning-after pills over the counter, I decided to ask my teenage daughter if she knew about emergency contraceptives.
Rape culture costs Thailand oh so dearly
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 09/01/2013
» The nearly 100 billion baht of taxpayers' money to finance the first-car buyer scheme would have been better used to improve public transportation. Indeed, who could argue with that? But as a mother with a daughter living in a society marked by a rape culture, I totally understand why many parents feel they cannot let this first-car scheme pass them by.
The colour of money is far from green
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 13/02/2013
» Some 30 years ago, Thailand had abundant mangrove forests which enriched the coasts and sustained the sources of fish and seafood for the whole country.
Get tough with trawlers, win over Muslims
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 20/02/2013
» Want to win the hearts and minds of the Malay Muslims in the restive South? Stop thinking about using military force. Think instead of how to give them back their region's once abundant food.
Our prejudice rips the nation's image
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 27/02/2013
» Is ours a society obsessed with face? I wish it were. Had we been really serious about our image and how to maintain it, we would have long realised what the rest of the world considers as decent standard practices.