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Pheu Thai failed us, say red shirts
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 05/05/2012
» Despite their loyalty to the Pheu Thai Party-led government, red shirts in the northeastern provinces are increasingly grumbling about low commodity prices, high production costs and the rising cost of living which are making their lives increasingly miserable.
Isan red-shirts grumble: We're being ignored
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 04/05/2012
» Government supporters in red-shirt villages in the Northeast have voiced their grievances about the higher cost of living and complain none of the benefits of the populist policies have come their way yet.
Cabinet to consider help package for SMEs
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 23/04/2012
» The Labour Ministry on Tuesday will seek cabinet approval for remedial packages for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) suffering from unmanageable costs because of the government's wage policy.
Strikes break out in wake of wage policy
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 13/04/2012
» Two strikes have broken out at large processing companies in the past week as employers respond to the government's minimum wage policy with what workers say are cutbacks in conditions.
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.
'New politicians' threaten elite
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/03/2012
» A new breed of politicians who use their money to gain influence among the rural population poses a threat to the conservative power elite, say researchers on a peace and reconciliation project.
Academics: There's a new political order
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 22/03/2012
» If traditional conservative and elite power groups begin to accommodate new political dynamisms which have created self-styled and spontaneous political entrepreneurs, Thailand could go to another level of democratisation, researchers for the peace and reconciliation project say.
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.
Migrant workers 'unprotected'
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 04/03/2012
» The International Labour Organisation has criticised Thailand for failing to include migrant workers in its Workmen's Compensation Fund.
Kukrit's work honoured at memorial event
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 21/02/2012
» The late Kukrit Pramoj, a former prime minister, laid a strong foundation for Thailand's independence from the military, Anand Panyarachun, also a former prime minister, said.