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Loss count in South 'needs reassessment'
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 21/12/2016
» The government should start to assess the economic cost of conflicts in the deep South in a more systematic way, with the participation of civil society organisations, Rangsit University's dean of the College of Social Innovation Sungsidh Piriyarangsan says.
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.
Qatar seeks closer ties with Thailand
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 14/12/2015
» Qatar, a tiny Gulf state with the world's highest income per capita, is keen to expand economic and social ties with Thailand and other countries in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region (GMS).
Six decades later, Thai-Korean camaraderie still strong
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 22/10/2015
» Senior Thai and Korean officials will attend the Korean War Veterans Memorial Day in Chon Buri today in remembrance of the 15,708 Thai soldiers sent to fight from 1950 to 1953.
Scholars: Rice bonds won't help
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 22/02/2014
» The caretaker government still has some viable options to raise money for long-overdue payments to rice farmers but it must act decisively, say experts.
Depositors rally to protect Government Savings Bank
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 18/02/2014
» Individual depositors are rallying to support Government Savings Bank (GSB) after customers withdrew more than 30 billion baht over fears that its loan to the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) will finance the cash-strapped rice-peldging scheme.
Finnish NGO accuses 3 local firms of rights violations
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 29/01/2014
» A Finnish non-profit organisation has accused three Thai companies of serious human and labour rights violations.
Anti-corruption spirit needed
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 08/03/2013
» Independent organisations alone will never be able to eradicate corruption if Thai people themselves do not embrace the fight, say crusaders for good governance.
Jan Egeland issues climate change alert
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 08/10/2012
» Investing in measures to adapt to climate change would pay better returns than paying for emergency disaster relief, said global climate justice advocate Jan Egeland.
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.