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South locals place faith in 'triangle' plan
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 09/09/2016
» Residents in the deep South are confident the "triangle" economic model with an emphasis on oil palm-related industry and infrastructure will help resolve the insurgency and revitalise the region, a panel was told yesterday.
Canada puts climate atop diplomatic concerns
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 18/01/2016
» A fresh and ambitious Justin Trudeau administration has mainstreamed the climate change agenda into its foreign policy engagement with Thailand, but comprehensive bilateral relations must await a return to democracy in Thailand, says Canada's ambassador to Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia.
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.
All roads lead to Beijing
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 17/11/2014
» China under President Xi Jinping is achieving a more exalted status on the world stage as US clout diminishes, and the impact of the shift in Southeast Asia could be dramatic.
Downgrade a wake-up call
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 21/06/2014
» Washington's decision to downgrade Thailand in its annual human trafficking review is a wake-up call to improve the treatment of workers across the entire export supply chain, says a human rights campaigner.
Seminar calls on both sides to make concessions
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 25/01/2014
» Farmers, environmentalist groups and NGOs want the government and its opponents to make trade-offs on the issues of reform and election postponement to break the political impasse.
Festival of Healing
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 07/01/2014
» The Narathiwat district of Rueso has a reputation _ undeserved, some would say _ for being a hotspot of insurgency. Home to some 60,000 people, it tends to be categorised by the security forces as "troublesome", lumped together with neighbouring districts like Bacho, Yi-ngo, Rangae and Si Sakhon as well as Raman and Bannang Sata in the adjoining province of Yala. All of these areas have become notorious over the past few decades as bases for armed separatists operating in the far South _ or have been labelled as such by outsiders.
Thai-Chinese rail link tipped
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/10/2013
» Thailand and China have agreed to cooperate in developing a high-speed train system linking the two countries.
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.