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Lion City Lessons
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 14/09/2015
» National pride, populist measures, opposition party weaknesses, and a "flight to safety" mindset at a time of regional economic and political vulnerability all galvanised Singaporeans to vote for the status quo in last Friday's election.
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.
Populism has no place in agricultural policy
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 10/09/2013
» They are all queuing up one after another _ rice farmers, rubber growers, palm oil planters, tapioca farmers, corn growers, sugar cane planters, and many more _ to pressure the government to shore up prices of their produce.
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.
Rushed populist projects feel funding pinch
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 18/08/2012
» Populism never dies, it seems, and the Yingluck Shinawatra government has been rolling out enticing programmes for niche targets from women and students to entrepreneurs and grassroots individuals.
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.
'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.