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Ball in BRN's court with South talks
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 23/05/2013
» Bargaining for peace in the restive far South requires a fair amount of bending to pump momentum into the negotiations.
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Chalerm unleashes his fury at cabinet snub
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 01/07/2013
» It came as no great surprise when news of an imminent cabinet shakeup broke last week that some ministers, among them Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom, Science and Technology Minister Woravat Au-apinyakul and Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwannatat, would be axed from the line-up. The verdict was that they had failed the test.
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Thawil gets justice and the government gets a slap
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 03/06/2013
» Justice from the courts often comes late in this country. Sometimes, it comes too late, as in the case of four "scapegoat" defendants falsely charged, tried and imprisoned for the murder of 16-year old Thai-American girl Sherry Ann Duncan 26 years ago.
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Chalerm's no-show in deep South perplexing
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/04/2013
» Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung's procrastination about visiting the far South, his lame excuses, paint him in a bad light - especially in light of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's visit on Sunday following the slaying of the Yala deputy governor last week.
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Look beyond the troubled South in lifting security laws
News, Published on 04/05/2013
» Thailand's government recently passed up an opportunity for a new approach to the deep South, by declining to replace the Emergency Decree, which violates international standards on human rights, with the somewhat less heavy-handed Internal Security Act (ISA).
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Time running out for South
News, Published on 30/04/2013
» The security situation in the far South is as bad today as it has ever been. The number of militant attacks, the level of extreme violence and the flouting of the government's authority add up to a national crisis. The situation has never so clearly called for a rational, inventive policy. It is not too late to save the far South, but time and opportunity are running short.
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First step in a long and difficult journey
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 18/03/2013
» Despite all the criticism of the historic signing of the agreement to launch peace talks with the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) separatist organisation on Feb 28 in Kuala Lumpur, the Pheu Thai-led government appears to have won popular support and, as such, scored political points for the initiative.
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Celebrating our linguistic diversity
News, Published on 20/02/2013
» If you are reading this, you are one of the 1.3 billion people who use English as a first or second language. Nonetheless, International Mother Language Day, celebrated annually on Feb 21, calls on us to remember the importance of all languages.
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It's vital to find the root causes
News, Published on 27/12/2012
» With its low pay and long working hours, teaching is an unenviable job. But in the three southernmost provinces, it is also highly risky because of the deadly threat posed by Islamic extremist gangs. Grim statistics which show 157 teachers or educators killed in the past nine years, including four who were murdered within the space of 19 days between Nov 22 and Dec 11, provide a chilling reminder of the perils to anyone aspiring to become a teacher in the strife-torn region.
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All we want for Christmas is less South strife
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 22/12/2012
» All we want for Christmas is often something we can't get. World peace? Poverty eradication? That would make Santa sweat like a North Pole pig. No more violence, no more discrimination, no more settlements in the West Bank, no more brutality against the Rohingya, no more extremism, no more torture, no more drone attacks, no more school shootings, no more global warming, no more deportation of migrant workers, no more censorship, no more floods, earthquakes, tsunamis - wish for those and we're going to sound like John "Imagine" Lennon with flowers in his hair, though I believe Lennon was often right in general and wrong in some particulars.
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