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Peace in deep South demands more than guns
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 04/10/2025
» The southern insurgency has been a conundrum for all governments.
Southeast Asia facing hidden extremist threat
Oped, Published on 07/07/2025
» In May, Indonesia's counter-terrorism unit arrested an 18-year-old man in Gowa, South Sulawesi, on charges of spreading Islamic State (IS) propaganda and inciting bomb attacks on social media. Identified only as MAS, the suspect represents a deeply troubling development in Southeast Asia's struggle against terrorism: the rise of youth radicalisation driven entirely by online exposure.
Celebrating 10 years of the Big Trees project
Oped, Published on 11/12/2020
» The Big Trees Project is celebrating its 10th birthday this month. In 2010, a group of young people was dismayed by the lack of green space in Bangkok. While the city had advanced exponentially in infrastructure, the growth of public parks and urban flora paled in comparison. It felt stagnant. With a wild dream of creating more healthy green spaces within the concrete capital that would be accessible to anyone, we banded together as the Big Trees Project to work on giving all a quality of life that was not being met by just malls and markets.
Mahathir's comeback revives opposition as polls loom
News, Published on 07/07/2017
» Prime Minister Najib Razak won Malaysia's last general election, despite losing the popular vote. Since then, he has been embroiled in a corruption scandal that has been investigated in a half-dozen countries.
Romance novellas by women challenge tradition
News, Associated Press, Published on 19/08/2016
» Nestled among vegetables, plastic kettles and hand-dyed fabric in market stalls are the signs of a feminist revolution: Piles of poorly printed books by women that advocate forcefully against conservative Muslim traditions such as child marriage and quick divorce.
Ocean gold rush will scar sea life
News, Adam Minter, Published on 16/08/2016
» While commodities traders still work their way out of a historic slump, Japan is looking ahead to the next boom. According to Bloomberg News, next year a group of Japanese companies and government agencies will start mining minerals at a site about 1,600km southwest of Tokyo -- and 1.5km beneath the ocean's surface. It will be the first large-scale test of whether mineral deposits can be mined commercially from the seafloor.
Capo intimidates well, but keeps the peace poorly
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 21/04/2014
» The Centre for the Administration of Peace and Order (Capo) has been contemptuously regarded by its critics as a toothless tiger.
Jatuporn facing first test as UDD leader
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 01/04/2014
» It appears likely the red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) will flex its muscle in Bangkok this coming Saturday, although the red-shirt movement has yet to announce the exact venue of its mass gathering.
Decree risks a reality check for the govt
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 30/01/2014
» The government has laid down its trump card; the emergency decree, which, ironically, has exposed its weakness.
Suthep, the false prophet
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 28/11/2013
» One evening, while sitting at the office pretending to work, a loud, angry voice was screaming hellfire and brimstone at the top of his lungs from the television.