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    A crime, not an accident

    News, Editorial, Published on 05/04/2017

    » The indefensible death of army Pvt Yutthakinun Boonniam at the main military camp in Surat Thani is simply the latest incident showing a lack of discipline from the top down in the Royal Thai Armed Forces. It is distressing that the army refused to announce the appalling torture and homicide. Pvt Yutthakinun's mother revealed the killing when she filed charges with police in the southern province. Then, amazingly, instead of adopting even a facade of responsibility, came the excuses.

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    Asia-Pacific moves towards global development goals

    News, Shamshad Akhtar, Published on 05/04/2017

    » With just over a year since the adoption of a historic blueprint to end poverty and protect the planet, positive signs have already started to emerge among countries in the Asia-Pacific region as they push ahead with the implementation of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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    Army needs to prove it's not above the law

    News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 05/04/2017

    » A young man was tortured to death for failing to show up for work last week.

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    Sad record on abduction

    News, Editorial, Published on 13/03/2017

    » The rule of law got a tiny boost last week. The National Legislative Assembly voted unanimously to ratify the 2006 International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. The name of the UN pact may be unwieldy but the aim is crystal clear and simple. It legally forbids governments and their agents from abducting and "disappearing" people.

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    Special power not needed for the South

    News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 13/03/2017

    » The call by a Buddhist network in the deep South for the prime minister to use his special Section 44 power to deal with the insurgency is sending an important signal to the authorities: they are losing hope, confidence and belief in the peace process and the efforts to tackle the violence.

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    The army and extrajudicial killings

    News, Published on 05/04/2017

    » On March 17, Chaiyapoom Pasae, a young ethnic Lahu activist, was slain by a soldier at a checkpoint in Chiang Mai's Chiang Dao district. This followed the earlier, almost identical killing of an ethnic Lisu, Abea Sea-moo, on Feb 15 in the same district. By definition an extrajudicial killing, and subject to ongoing police and military investigations to see if the soldier was acting in self-defence, the likelihood of Chaiyapoom's death was exacerbated by three factors: Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's granting of police powers to the military, extremely high levels of racial intolerance, and the continuing use of the death penalty.

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    Shadow of the military boot still lingers

    News, Soonruth Bunyamanee, Published on 05/04/2017

    » As the new charter comes into effect Thursday, the military roadmap will be clear, with the first post-coup election slated for September or October next year.

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    Our age of anxiety

    Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 03/04/2017

    » We are living in probably one of the most chaotic times in history. Terrorism, crime and the breakdown of the family unit are at all-time highs. These are just a fraction of the issues we're bombarded with daily, causing our emotional health to suffer. The need to keep tabs on our mental health should be prioritised if we desire to live life to its fullest.

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    The pitfalls of Russia's post-communist transition

    News, Joseph Stiglitz, Published on 04/04/2017

    » Today, a quarter-century after the Cold War's end, the West and Russia are again at odds. This time, though, at least on one side, the dispute is more transparently about geopolitical power, not ideology. The West has supported in a variety of ways democratic movements in the post-Soviet region, hardly hiding its enthusiasm for the various "colour" revolutions that have replaced long-standing dictators with more responsive leaders -- though not all have turned out to be the committed democrats they pretended to be.

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    Zombie firms threaten Asia's future

    News, Michael Schuman, Published on 04/04/2017

    » Any horror aficionado knows that the only good zombie is a dead zombie. Don't risk trying to bring one back to life. It'll just come back to bite you.

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