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    Macron to take time reforming France's economy

    News, Published on 09/05/2017

    » After a decade of slow growth, rising unemployment and dwindling competitiveness, France elected a president on Sunday who says he has a plan to pull the country out of its economic malaise.

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    Tradition vs progress fight is hotting up

    News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 09/05/2017

    » In Thailand, the tussle between a state-imposed return to authoritarian conservatism and efforts, no matter how feeble, to embrace progressiveness, have manifested in a new fault line that could trigger yet another round of turmoil.

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    The war over North Korea

    News, Editorial, Published on 09/05/2017

    » South Korea votes today for a new president. The election shows the world that country is a true democracy. After holding their former president accountable and legally impeaching her, the South Koreans are constitutionally electing a new head of state. This is a true achievement for a country that so recently was a military dictatorship, and shows up the northern half of Korea as a sad but violent nation, important only because of its threats to international peace.

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    Three questionable years under NCPO rule

    News, Suranand Vejjajiva, Published on 09/05/2017

    » May 22 will mark the third anniversary of the 2014 coup that saw the country switch to authoritarian mode under the stewardship of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) led by Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha. Even with a new constitution now in place, the regime is relentlessly maintaining its tight control into a fourth and final year -- that is if a general election is called in accordance with the timetable of the charter.

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    Regime good intentions go nowhere fast

    News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 25/04/2017

    » If somebody had told Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and his military backers in the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) three years ago that their grandiose dreams of reforming the nation would come down to such a humdrum attempt of banning people from sitting in pickup truck beds, would they have felt disconcerted?

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    We all live in a regime submarine

    News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 29/04/2017

    » What did Donald Trump say when he was a hotshot Republican candidate in January 2016? "I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters."

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    About politics

    News, Published on 29/04/2017

    » Politicians fear having to pay membership charge will alienate voters v 'Thailand's FBI' plans high-level reshuffle to win back public support v Appointment of panel head to oversee EC Commission bill causes a stir

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    Submarine deal has no mandate

    News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 30/04/2017

    » Over the next 24 hours we all are going to hear the Royal Thai Navy come clean with its procurement procedure for the secretly negotiated deal to procure three submarines -- and I for one am not holding my breath to hear anything earth-shattering.

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    Suu Kyi must let help in

    News, Editorial, Published on 13/05/2017

    » Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi should accept a call by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to allow its aid workers access to people caught up in a conflict that has displaced tens of thousands.

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    South Korea's next leader must focus on growth

    News, Michael Schuman, Published on 10/05/2017

    » So much attention is being lavished on the nuclear-edged tantrums of Kim Jong-un in North Korea that the presidential election on the southern half of the Korean peninsula has gone practically unnoticed. But the outcome may be nearly as critical for the region's future as the fate of Mr Kim's weapons programme.

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