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Fresh start beckons for South peace talks
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 23/08/2014
» PATTANI: Prime minister-elect Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha has put violence in the South on the national agenda, but questions persist over whether revamped peace talks will deliver practical change.
The South's harshest reality
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 23/08/2014
» Six governments have come and gone since 2004, but the inferno of violence in the deep South rages on with the dead continuing to multiply and the trauma for the living never-ending.
Human rights groups call for Kritsuda 'abuse' probe
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 06/08/2014
» Three international human rights organisations have demanded a probe into allegations that a female red-shirt activist was tortured during her detention by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) last month.
Two decline posts amid NLA criticism
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 03/08/2014
» Two appointees to the National Legislative Assembly are set to decline their positions as the body comes under pressure from both pro- and anti-coup groups.
NLA stirs dissent in both camps
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 02/08/2014
» Both pro- and anti-coup groups have voiced concerns about the dominance of men in uniform in the National Legislative Assembly (NLA).
Prayuth told to ease grip on power
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 06/07/2014
» Diplomats have raised concern over the possibility of junta chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha taking a duel role in an interim government.
Scholars say interim PM plan is a ‘ploy’
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 06/05/2014
» Academics yesterday criticised the idea of appointing a non-elected interim prime minister to lead political reform before a new election, saying the proposal was just a ploy to get rid of certain politicians.
Scholars: Stick to the constitution
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 05/05/2014
» Thailand does not need a special method to get a new leader, so do not try to twist the rules to get around the existing regime just to rid of certain players, a small group of scholars has warned.
The shock waves from society’s dead poet
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 27/04/2014
» The daylight murder of pro-government poet Mai Nueng Kor Kunthee has raised concerns of targeted assassinations of those deemed disloyal to the establishment, similar to the violence that preceded the October, 1976, massacre.
Rally will be litmus test for both sides
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 17/04/2014
» All eyes will be watching what happens over the weekend after the red shirts kick off their rally Friday to support their embattled leader Yingluck Shinawatra.