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Kicking up a stink puts new charter at risk
Oped, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 30/04/2015
» A fascinating quote popped up last week that sums up the state of health, and is perhaps a foreboding of the fate, of the country's mother of all rule books — the constitution.
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Can Modi repeat?
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 24/09/2018
» A day is a long time in politics, so they say. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been in power for four years and four months, and his day of reckoning with the voters is still seven months away.
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Education and the creative economy
Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 02/04/2018
» Following the raging success of the soap opera Buppaesannivas (Love Destiny), Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha floated the idea to help fund the production of Thai dramas that incorporate historical and cultural elements. If this sounds familiar, it should.
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Police chief to launch pro-casinos website
Published on 18/06/2015
» The Royal Thai Police Office will launch a website in September to support a campaign by retiring national police chief Somyot Poompunmuang for the legalising of casinos in Thailand.
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Draft charter 'steals democracy'
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 09/03/2015
» The draft constitution is fraught with flaws as the constitution drafters have come up with the wrong solutions that will only snatch democracy from the people, Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva says.
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The pot isboiling over
News, Published on 03/01/2015
» The task of writing the constitution has been compared to cooking, with many cooks in danger of spoiling the broth.
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NRC chairman brushes aside casino push
Published on 16/06/2015
» A push to legalise casinos has drawn a cool response on Tuesday from National Reform Council chairman (NRC) Thienchay Kiranandana and Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda.
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Has reform failed, or has it even begun?
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 23/06/2015
» Maybe it's the natural swing of the pendulum — what goes up must come down — and that explains why we have gone from fight-to-the-death battles against inequality a few years ago, to high-minded campaigns for national reform last year, to struggles against overpriced lotteries, motorcycle racers and the age-old question of whether casinos should be allowed to operate legally in Thailand now.
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PM wants to ban word 'grassroots'
News, Published on 27/08/2015
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha wants to use his special powers to prohibit people from using the word rakya (grassroots) to refer to the poor, because he believes the term creates class divisions in society.
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Pheu Thai: Toss out draft charter
Published on 27/08/2015
» The Pheu Thai Party made its opposition to the draft charter official on Thursday with a letter to National Reform Council (NRC) chairman Thienchay Kiranandana.
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