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Vitit's UN human rights role draws global praise
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 02/10/2016
» The appointment of renowned human rights expert and social commentator Vitit Muntarbhorn as the UN's first independent expert to investigate violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity has won widespread approval around the world.
Duterte aside, all's quiet in Asean
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/09/2016
» Barack Obama, the first US president to visit Laos, concluded his final official trip to Asia by calling it "a memorable and, at times, a very moving visit".
Can Laos stand the spotlight?
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 05/09/2016
» Laos has adopted the efficient practice of hosting two Asean summits at one go. Why bother organising two events months apart? We already have a lot of domestic homework and who wants to meet world leaders that often, especially if all they're going to do is nag us about democracy and human rights?
Thailand's farcical UN campaign
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 04/07/2016
» There are no real friends or foes, only domestic interests that are imperative in the international political setting, diplomats like to say. Thailand's military government should sign up for this lesson in International Relations 101, if it cares to learn more.
Despite gains, China still second fiddle to West, analysts say
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 30/05/2016
» Thai military rule may complicate and weaken Asean's position in the international security setting, but the gestures made to date by the junta should not be seen as a shift from the western-allied camp to China, analysts caution.
Qatar seeks closer ties with Thailand
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 14/12/2015
» Qatar, a tiny Gulf state with the world's highest income per capita, is keen to expand economic and social ties with Thailand and other countries in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region (GMS).
NHRC risks Tuesday downgrade
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 17/11/2015
» Thailand's human rights commissioners have pleaded for public sympathy for their "hard work" in protecting Thai people's rights and liberties over the past six years.
Six decades later, Thai-Korean camaraderie still strong
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 22/10/2015
» Senior Thai and Korean officials will attend the Korean War Veterans Memorial Day in Chon Buri today in remembrance of the 15,708 Thai soldiers sent to fight from 1950 to 1953.
Family of woman 'abducted by N Korea' renews search plea
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 15/09/2015
» The family of Anocha Panchoi, a Chiang Mai woman believed abducted by North Korea nearly four decades ago, is renewing their plea to the United Nations and the governments of Thailand, Japan and South Korea, to bring her or her remains back home.
Activist rejects idea of Uighur link with blast
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 22/08/2015
» A Uighur activist has downplayed the possibility of his compatriots’ involvement in Monday's horrendous bomb attack in Bangkok, saying Thailand is a hospitable nation for most asylum seekers including Uighurs.