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Insurgent leader urges civic groups to have say in talks
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 29/02/2016
» Pattani: All civic groups with a stake in the restive South should play an active role in the peace talks between separatist rebels and the government, the Malaysian facilitator and the insurgent leader said yesterday.
China should be more generous in Thai-Sino rail deal
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 15/12/2015
» The Dec 3 memorandum of understanding on a railway construction project between Thailand and China heralded a step forward for closer Thai-Sino relations.
China tightens the belt
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 05/10/2015
» Thailand and Asean should take the lead in connecting the "Yi Dai Yi Lu" (One Belt, One Road) multi-trillion-dollar initiative of Chinese leader Xi Jinping to turn a maritime dispute into an economic opportunity, say local analysts.
Model citizens await fate in military court
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 15/12/2014
» Two bailed defendants allegedly involved in the so-called "Khon Kaen model" of red-shirt resistance insist they are innocent and had nothing to do with past red-shirt rallies.
The mark of the young volunteer
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 13/12/2014
» In their youthful enthusiasm, Thais filled the ranks of non-government organisations for decades, their social consciences pricked by late 20th century causes like opposition to the Vietnam War, despairing refugees and awakening political and moral beliefs.
Academics, activists blast ‘dated’ law
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 21/05/2014
» Anti-government protesters have welcomed the announcement of martial law, but academics and human rights groups blasted it for putting the future of the country in the hands of the army chief.
Pro-vote groups demand their right to choose unchallenged
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 01/02/2014
» Pro-vote groups are demanding a violence-free chance to exercise their constitutional rights on Sunday whether they choose Pheu Thai candidates or support other parties to show rejection of the government.
US government in partial funding shutdown
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 01/10/2013
» WASHINGTON - The United States government began a partial funding shutdown on Oct 1, the first since the Clinton era 17 years ago, idling up to 800,000 federal employees, closing national parks and halting some services after Congress failed to break a partisan deadlock by a midnight deadline.
B2 trillion 'not a blank cheque'
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 31/08/2013
» The government's determination to borrow 2 trillion baht for infrastructure megaprojects without proper feasibility studies has come in for heavy criticism.
Inquest told soldiers fired shot that killed Polenghi
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 07/12/2012
» Three witnesses told the Southern Bangkok Criminal Court on Friday they believed that Italian photo-journalist Fabio Polenghi died from shots fired by the military during the Abhisit Vejjajiva administration's crackdown of the violent red-shirt protests in 2010.