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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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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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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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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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Postbag: Breaking the cycle
News, Published on 22/12/2012
» The decision to hold a referendum is a sensible one, if for no reason other than to settle once and for all whether the 2007 charter is considered unacceptable by the majority of the people, and whether the majority even consider replacing it to be a priority.
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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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A society in decay
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 17/01/2013
» The greatest threat to Thailand is not from any foreign power. It is not the man in Dubai, nor is it the invisible hand. It is not the polarisation caused by the political divide, nor is it even the corruption.
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Govt is hardly convincing about the South
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 03/12/2012
» All the 300-plus schools in Pattani province which closed on Nov 26 after the killing two days before of a school director in Nong Chik district by suspected extremists are due to reopen today after Education Minister Pongthep Thepkanchana promised to look into the teachers' demands.
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No quick fixes in deep South
News, Published on 03/01/2013
» Tomorrow marks the ninth anniversary of what was described as the symbolic beginning of a new phase in the deep South insurgency, when a band of extremist Islamic militants raided an army armoury in Cho Airong district of Narathiwat, killing four soldiers and making off with more than 400 war weapons, mostly M16 assault rifles.
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