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Charter drafter sees 'grand coalition'
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 09/04/2015
» The new constitution will produce reconciliation by design, where rival parties would be compelled to work together in a "grand coalition government", charter drafters say.
Economists: Thailand needs preparation
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 28/04/2014
» Countries like Thailand should prepare better to cope with volatile natural and financial risks, World Bank country director Ulrich Zachau said Monday at the official launch of the Bank's World Development Report 2014.
Experts lash PDRC’s sovereign power bid
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 09/04/2014
» Academics have derided anti-government protesters' plans to "reclaim sovereign power" as absurd, while warning that threats by pro-government groups to mobilise after Songkran were adding to the risk of bloodshed.
Jon floats coalition govt plan
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/02/2014
» The Pheu Thai and Democrat parties should form a temporary coalition government to preside over a reform effort, says former Bangkok senator Jon Ungphakorn.
Pre-poll mood in far South upbeat
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 07/01/2014
» Candidates and voters in the far South remain upbeat about the Feb 2 election despite the uncertainty hanging over it.
Myanmar workers want to go home, survey finds
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 18/12/2013
» Most Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand would like to return home, and the country could face a shortage of over five million workers as a result by 2025, according to survey results released on Wednesday.
Thirayuth backs power reroute
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 15/10/2013
» Red shirts and yellow shirts need to be self-critical and break-away from their political camps, prominent social critic Thirayuth Boonmee says.
Migrant solution needed urgently
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/08/2013
» The Thai government should quickly decide on temporary shelters for displaced Rohingya people until practical longer-term solutions are reached, says a member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).
New political culture needed, says expert
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 28/06/2013
» Thailand's political landscape is facing an inevitable quest to shift towards a new economic paradigm and political culture to survive a more competitive globalised world, Thammasat University political scientist Kasian Tejapira says.
Human rights plan draws experts' fire
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 14/05/2013
» Critics have blasted the process behind the drafting of the national human rights master plan, as well as its contents.