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Meechai welcomes new political guard
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 16/04/2018
» New political parties could break the dominance by existing parties which are struggling to reconfirm their members, according to chief charter writer Meechai Ruchupan and the main parties.
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Floods of foreign boats bedevil reform
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/04/2018
» Deputy Prime Minister Chatchai Sarikulya will meet officials after the Songkran holidays to address a fresh dispute over allegedly illegal fishing caused by trawlers whose ownership is unclear.
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Optimism for Rohingya
News, Editorial, Published on 16/04/2018
» After months of a mix of cruelty and ineptitude, the Myanmar government has taken a small but possibly significant step on the Rohingya crisis. The Aung San Suu Kyi government has sent its minister of social welfare to Bangladesh. It was noteworthy that during the visit, Win Myat Aye spoke directly with Rohingya refugees and told them they could return to Rakhine state.
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Through the Russian looking glass
News, Jeffrey Edmonds, Published on 16/04/2018
» Since Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the deterioration of Russian relations with the West, governments, policy gurus and defence institutions have been seized by what many call the country's new "hybrid warfare". By these accounts, Russia has challenged the current order by using a "mixture of military and non-military means of aggression, a combination of covert and overt operations and measures", according to Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, to achieve its political ends. But labelling every action by the Russian government as hybrid has its drawbacks. Hybrid warfare is not some new form of Russian strategy; there are new challenges emerging from the confrontation with Russia, but to label everything as "hybrid" is to lack the accuracy and precision needed to confront this challenge.
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Death penalty soon to end 'in practice'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 16/04/2018
» Thailand will be one step closer to becoming a country that is no longer considered to have capital punishment next year, according to a definition which adopts a 10-year period for declaring a country execution-free in practice, says Amnesty International Thailand.
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'New faces' no mere red-shirt lapdogs
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 16/04/2018
» Scholar-turned-politician Piyabutr Saengkanokkul is set to embrace the challenge of moving from the theoretical plane to the realm of practical politics.
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Going traditional at Songkran
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 16/04/2018
» Over two years ago, I wrote about my contentment with a new trend in which a number of Thais wear traditional costumes in everyday life. Today, I feel happier since so many Thai people opt for traditional outfits and the style is even recognised and promoted by the government. I must note this was ignited by the craze for the periodical TV series Bupphesanniwat (Love Destiny), which was about the time journey of an archaeologist to the reign of Ayutthaya's King Narai the Great over 300 years ago.
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Glowing and warm
Life, Published on 16/04/2018
» The Bangkok Symphony Orchestra Foundation presented the "RBSO Classical Concert No.3" programme earlier this month and featured the return of the exceptionally gifted Taiwanese-American concert pianist Weiyin Chen. The brilliant New York-based classical star last visited in 2013 for a magnificent performance of the Grieg piano concerto, and on this occasion once again captivated an appreciative audience with an equally moving account of one of Mozart's very finest and challenging compositions, Piano Concerto No.23 In A Major, K.488.
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Morality of our rights
News, Postbag, Published on 16/04/2018
» Re: "The circle of life", (PostBag, April 12).
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Crew cuts vs competence
Asia focus, Published on 16/04/2018
» It comes as little surprise that teenagers in Singapore lead the world in science, mathematics and reading skills. The results of the most recent triennial survey by the Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) released in December 2016 confirm this fact.
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