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'Smarten up' ahead of AEC, Thais told
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 29/07/2012
» With Asean's economy on the rise and regional economic unity looming, there is an urgent need for the Thai private sector and civil service to rethink their ideas and philosophies, one of the country's most prominent leaders has warned.
Dawei residents worry over port project
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 25/07/2012
» Residents in Dawei are worried about a deep-sea port project which Myanmar President Thein Sein has promised to push along.
Myanmar leader due for PM talks
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 22/07/2012
» Thailand needs to make full use of Myanmar President Thein Sein's visit this week to clarify how his government will solidify a framework of economic cooperation and protection, business sources say.
Kachin refugees face aid crisis
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 27/06/2012
» As many as 10,000 ethnic Kachin refugees from Myanmar are facing food and water shortages and inadequate sanitation at makeshift camps in China, a human rights group said yesterday.
Critics believe US has hidden agenda
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 20/06/2012
» The government's postponement of its decision on the United States' request to use U-tapao military airport in Rayong for a regional climate study and humanitarian and disaster relief operations has not alleviated the concerns of critics about a hidden agenda behind the move.
Asian nations seek gender equality
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 08/04/2012
» Thailand and 10 other Asian nations have pledged to find ways to enhance gender equality in politics, according to a statement from a regional conference in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia.
Domestic woes 'holding back Thailand in Asean'
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 07/04/2012
» The Yingluck Shinawatra government has yet to restore Thailand's leading role in Asean largely because the country cannot get over its domestic woes, an analyst said at the end of the regional bloc's latest summit.
Thailand lauded for human rights work
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 16/03/2012
» Thailand has fared well in reporting its further pledges and reservations to the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Thursday, promising to invite three more special rapporteurs to the country in the next three years.
Monarchies urged, heed global change
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 09/03/2012
» The remaining monarchies around the world should be careful in they way they perform their roles as long-term global trends point to their growing irrelevance, a prominent US scholar advised in a lecture delivered to a conference at a Chulalongkorn University on Friday morning.
Academics: Security worry after AEC
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 01/03/2012
» The Asean Economic Community (AEC) will expose the regional grouping to further security issues and exploitation of natural resources from hegemonic powers like the United States and China, according to a seminar on "Will Thailand Survive the AEC?"