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Syria announces commissions for missing persons, transitional justice
AFP, Published on 18/05/2025
» DAMASCUS - Syria on Saturday announced the formation of a national commission for missing persons and another for transitional justice, more than five months after the ouster of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.
PIER: Declining unity may hit growth
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 15/10/2021
» The Bank of Thailand's Puey Ungphakorn Institution for Economic Research (PIER) believes the country's differences of opinion could have an effect on future Thai economic growth as people's trust in one another declined over a 10-year period.
PM calls time on illegal loan sharks
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/11/2023
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has declared tackling loan sharks and the problems they cause a national priority, and likened the situation some of their victims find themselves in to a form of modern-day slavery.
People's Party calls for action
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 02/10/2024
» The opposition People's Party (PP) is urging the coalition to revise its decision made on Monday to defer indefinitely the House's review of a new amnesty bill because the bill aims to mend the consequences of past political conflicts among various political groups.
Myanmar blames army for atrocities in Rakhine
News, Larry Jagan, Published on 22/01/2020
» Myanmar is facing a very fraught time internationally as the conduct of its military comes under increasing scrutiny, while simultaneously the civilian government now admits it must take responsibility for what happened in the strife-torn western province of Rakhine over the past few years.
Farm aid for Rakhine
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 10/05/2018
» Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon has reiterated that Thailand is willing to share the late King Bhumibhol Adulyadej's sustainable agriculture theory with Myanmar to enhance its people's livelihoods in Rakhine state.
Cambodia, Asean need to step up in Rohingya crisis
Oped, Samina Akhter, Published on 03/08/2022
» Since August 2017, rampant persecution and violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state has pushed hundreds of thousands of Muslim minority people, known as the Rohingya, to abandon their homes and seek sanctuary in Bangladesh. According to the United Nations' estimation, 200,000 Myanmar civilians have already sought refuge in Bangladesh following prior displacements. Many more have travelled to Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, frequently with the assistance of human traffickers.
Relief urged for blue-collar workforce
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/05/2019
» Around 95% of Thai blue-collar workers are heavily in debt and need the government to help raise wages and reduce their livings costs, according to the Thai Labour Reconciliation Committee (TLRC).
Marcos seeks unity as Philippines marks 'people power' anniversary
Reuters, Published on 26/02/2023
» MANILA: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr called for reconciliation and unity on Saturday as the Southeast Asian nation marked the 37th anniversary of the "people power" revolution that toppled his dictator father.
Unity panel risks being built on sand
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros and Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 08/11/2020
» The future of the proposed reconciliation committee aimed at resolving the political conflict still hangs in the balance as the anti-government movement has refused to take part while the position of opposition politicians remains unclear.