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Indonesia's Asean chair faces challenges
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 03/01/2023
» Over the course of 25 years of democratic transformation that followed the Suharto era, whenever Indonesia served as the Asean chair, new ideas and plans seemed to mushroom.
Change tack on Myanmar
News, Editorial, Published on 03/01/2023
» 2023 will be a year of reckoning for Myanmar. In August next year, the country will hold an election, which many believe will be a one-horse race. Such a result will certainly be a headache for the international community, especially supranational bodies like the United Nations.
Strategy for deep South still a sham
Oped, Published on 18/11/2022
» It amazes me how, after nearly two decades of fighting that has claimed more than 7,000 lives in this historically contested region where armed Patani Malay combatants are pitted against Thai government security forces, officials still lack the basic understanding of a counter-insurgency.
Chuan case could backfire
Oped, Editorial, Published on 28/10/2022
» House Speaker Chuan Leekpai was indicted on Tuesday by the public prosecutor, three days before the case is due to expire, under a suit brought by fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who accuses him of defamation.
Let's talk about gun control in Thailand
Oped, Boonwara Sumano, Published on 12/10/2022
» Oct 6 marks one of the most tragic days in Thailand's history. Back in 1976, hundreds of students and protesters were attacked and killed at Thammasat University's Tha Prachan campus. Last week, 37 people, 24 of them preschool kids, lost their lives in a gun and knife attack at a childcare centre in Nong Bua Lam Phu province.
Iran rocked by protests; world watches politely
Oped, Published on 05/10/2022
» Massive and spreading protests have rocked Iran in the wake of widening social discontent following the death of a woman Mahsa Amini, who died in police custody. Her crime? Not wearing the obligatory headscarf properly. Demonstrations across the country have jolted the Islamic Republic to its core as thousands of women publicly and provocatively remove and then burn their headscarves, the hijab, in public.
Killing Darya Dugina: Ukraine own-goal?
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 25/08/2022
» 'Iam a political observer of the International Eurasianist Movement and an expert in international relations. In this capacity, I appear on Russian, Pakistani, Turkish, Chinese and Indian television channels. The situation in Ukraine is really an example of a clash of civilisations; it can be seen as a clash between globalist and Eurasian civilisation."
Give Myanmar asylum seekers a chance
Oped, Published on 10/08/2022
» The right to seek and receive asylum from political persecution is guaranteed under Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but the people of Myanmar who are fleeing conflict and economic hardship in their war-torn country don't seem to be receiving the help granted by the clause.
Myanmar sets new low
Oped, Editorial, Published on 28/07/2022
» After 18 months of tap-dancing about the world community's demands for a ceasefire and peaceful negotiations since its coup, Myanmar's military government has portrayed its dark spirit by executing four political activists. They were among 114 opposition activists given the death sentence by the junta court since early this year.
Homemade guns a genuine threat
News, Editorial, Published on 17/07/2022
» The assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe should ring alarm bells for governments around the world, including Thailand's, about the threat posed by homemade guns such as the one used in the crime.