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Asean's tough guys dig in
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 15/08/2016
» Citizens of Thailand are not alone in the region when it comes to having to put up with dialogue-averse strongman leaders looking to consolidate authoritarian power.
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People's movements tread troubled paths
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/05/2016
» The month of May is the time when Thailand marks two political upheavals. One is the Black May uprising of 1992 when the pro-democracy movement was at a peak.
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Scholars call for changes to CDC draft
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/02/2016
» Mahidol University, the Law Reform Committee and civic groups have demanded a more relaxed political environment and the inclusion of human rights provisions in the draft constitution.
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History beckons in pivotal vote
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 08/11/2015
» Yangon: Voters are fronting up to polling booths across Myanmar this morning faced with a stark choice — endorse army-backed reform or push into an uncertain democratic future.
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NLD unlikely to win in diverse Rakhine state
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 06/11/2015
» SITTWE, MYANMAR - Despite the nationwide popularity of Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, neither her National League for Democracy (NLD) nor the ruling military-backed Union Solidarity Development Party (USDP) are likely to win Sunday's polls in ethnically diverse Rakhine state, where deadly sectarian riots between Buddhists and Muslims occurred in 2012.
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Fingers on the political pulse
Spectrum, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 21/12/2014
» The three-finger salute by five Khon Kaen students in front of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha last month revived the spirit of dissent against the regime and earned them international recognition.
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Choose substance over Thai style
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 15/09/2014
» Thailand has just introduced a coup leader as its 29th prime minister. On the auspicious ninth day of the ninth month he held his first formal cabinet meeting and on Friday he delivered his policy statement.
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EU wants early elections
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 29/05/2014
» The European Union (EU) has warned Thailand that "only an early and credible roadmap for a return to constitutional rule and elections will allow for the EU's continuous support".
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Junta releases red shirt supporter
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 27/05/2014
» The young brother of a medic slain in the closing hours of the 2010 violence at Wat Pathum Wanaram was released Tuesday after a five-day detention by the army.
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Black May group calls for poll
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 18/05/2014
» A group of Black May 1992 activists has proposed that elections be held by August, with a possible parallel referendum to decide if there should be a people’s council to advance national reform.
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