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Thai police graft highlights bigger issues
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 26/04/2024
» There is no bigger news on the current Thai political scene than corruption among the top echelons of the police force. At issue is the tussle between Thailand's two senior-most cops, Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn and Pol Gen Torsak Sukvimol, both accusing each other of being on the take. Their high-stakes feud would normally be a run-of-the-mill story for the infamously shady Thai police but this case has become a mirror and microcosm of structural graft that is corroding the highest corridors of politics, economy, and society.
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Second Gaza food aid ship leaves Cyprus
Published on 30/03/2024
» LARNACA, Cyprus - A second shipment of aid carrying almost 400 tonnes of food for besieged Gaza left the port of Larnaca in Cyprus on Saturday, a Reuters witness said.
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Angkhana fights on after 20 long years
News, Editorial, Published on 17/03/2024
» During the peak of the violence in the Deep South, prominent human rights lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit was abducted and disappeared without a trace on March 12, 2004. Despite two decades having passed, truth and justice remain elusive, compounding his family's pain stemming from an unjust justice system.
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Justice for Chaiyaphum
Oped, Editorial, Published on 15/03/2024
» Just days before the relatives and friends of slain human rights activist Chaiyaphum Pasae mark the seventh anniversary of his death in Chiang Mai, they have learnt that prosecutors have decided not to press murder charges against the soldier who gunned him down.
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20 years since rights lawyer Somchai disappeared, still no justice
Online Reporters, Published on 12/03/2024
» Twenty years have now passed since the disappearance of lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit and Thai and international human rights advocates are still waiting for justice and the truth to be told.
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Why sharing the tech wealth is really important
Oped, Published on 08/03/2024
» One of the defining economic challenges of our time is how to distribute the value generated by groundbreaking technologies, such as generative artificial intelligence and recent innovations in biomedicine and manufacturing. To improve living standards, the benefits of transformative technologies must be widely shared. So far, however, these benefits have been monopolised by a small cadre of tech billionaires.
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Ex-police chief indicted for role in Red Bull heir case
Published on 27/02/2024
» The attorney general has indicted former police chief Somyot Poompunmuang and seven others for helping Red Bull heir Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya evade criminal charges after a deadly hit-and-run in 2012.
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A celebration of cinema
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 06/02/2024
» In the northernmost reaches of Thailand, the third edition of Thailand Biennale is currently unfolding and revealing a plethora of artistic wonders.
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UN decries ‘red-tagging’ in the Philippines
Published on 02/02/2024
» MANILA - A United Nations expert urged the Philippines on Friday to abolish an anti-communism task force whose actions suppress the freedom of expression of activists.
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Thailand falls 7 places in corruption survey
Published on 30/01/2024
» Thailand has fallen seven places, to 108th out of 180 countries, in the annual survey on corruption published by Transparency International.
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