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    How Taiwan can help end dispute

    News, Published on 21/04/2014

    » In its East China Sea diplomacy, Taiwan has been creative and constructive. In August 2012, President Ma Ying-jeou proposed the East China Sea Peace Initiative (ECSPI) to manage rising tensions over the disputed islands known as the Diaoyutai Islands in Taiwan, the Senkaku Islands in Japan, and the Diaoyu Islands in mainland China.

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    Census holds key to defusing stalemate

    News, Chaiwat Satha-Anand, Published on 21/04/2014

    » A lot of people are tired of the protracted political conflict, which has exhausted our capability to absorb stress, economic and otherwise, and made us fearful of the uncertain outcome amid the looming spectre of violence.

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    Nine points to help you decide if you’re a Democrat

    News, Songkran Grachangnetara, Published on 24/04/2014

    » Admittedly, most, if not all of my friends, religiously vote for the Democrat Party come rain or shine. Therefore, I’ve been rather fascinated by the question of what kind of traits or attributes a typical Democrat possesses. So, for what it’s worth, here is a small list I’ve compiled to help readers determine whether they are Democrats.

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    New leaders to transform Asia’s giants

    News, Published on 23/04/2014

    » More than one third of the world’s population lives in just three countries: China, India, and Indonesia. With all three undergoing significant political transitions — whether electing a new leader or experiencing a recently installed leader’s first key decisions — this is a decisive moment in shaping the global economy’s future.

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    ‘Billy’, forest dwellers need justice now

    News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 23/04/2014

    » When the news broke that ethnic Karen activist Por Cha Lee Rakcharoen, better known as "Billy", had disappeared without a trace, all eyes turned to the controversial park chief Chaiwat Limlikitaksorn, the arch enemy of Karen forest dwellers there.

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    Warrants a waste

    News, Published on 16/05/2014

    » Re: "Warrants mount for PDRC leaders" (BP, May 15).

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    Lessons from the land

    News, Published on 06/04/2014

    » More than 20 years ago I was fortunate to befriend a young German botanist, who had just arrived in my Isan province from a European NGO, assigned with the task to assist poor Thai farmers. He set about teaching these farmers how to be self-sustainable in agriculture. Most of the farmers in his assigned village just ignored him, as he was a “foreigner”, and most of the villagers were just too comfortable lying in their hammocks nine months of the year and raising only one crop of rice; a time-honoured Thai tradition.

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    Obey the law, Suthep

    News, Published on 10/04/2014

    » Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban says he’ll countersign the King’s appointment of a protest-selected prime minister, the non-elected government will then seize the Shinawatras’ assets, and all civil servants will report to the protesters (BP, April 6).

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    PDRC pushes towards a final battle

    News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 10/04/2014

    » Criticism from all directions hit Suthep Thaugsuban after he announced what he would do should the anti-government movement succeed in unseating the Yingluck government.

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    Brave battle is fought

    News, Published on 14/04/2014

    » Any effort to eradicate a tyrannical regime which thieves from the poorest people, is run by a convicted fugitive who lacks the courage to defend himself against a coup d’etat and a conviction for malfeasance and who resorts to inciting others to do his bidding with violence, should be applauded by most sensible, reasoning people.

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