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Strong city-state continues to engage with the world
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 14/09/2015
» Without having to confront the more "competitive politics" feared before last Friday's election, Singapore will still be able to enjoy its status quo in the regional arena, according to analysts.
The rising face of public dissent
Spectrum, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 16/08/2015
» It’s a different type of patriotism that separates bespectacled, earnest young activist Roy Ngerng Yi Ling from the typical Singaporean citizen.
Government meets exiles to aid return home
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 16/06/2015
» Thai Muslim exiles met state agencies on Monday inside a military camp in Narathiwat province, as part of a government-led peace process to build trust with southern communities.
Charged scenes as dramatist pair jailed for lese majeste
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/02/2015
» The Criminal Court has sentenced two dramatists from The Wolf's Bride political play to five years in jail for lese majeste but reduced the term by half after they confessed.
For children, few role models among the ruling class
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 13/01/2015
» Having observed Children's Day activities on Saturday, I can't help but think we should stop organising these celebrations.
Ruling in 2010 rally deaths due in April
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 20/12/2014
» The Southern Bangkok Criminal Court has scheduled to read its findings from the inquest into three civilian deaths in the 2010 clashes between red-shirt protesters and government troops on April 30 next year.
Model citizens await fate in military court
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 15/12/2014
» Two bailed defendants allegedly involved in the so-called "Khon Kaen model" of red-shirt resistance insist they are innocent and had nothing to do with past red-shirt rallies.
Embracing militias with open arms
Spectrum, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 23/11/2014
» Two village defence volunteers stood timidly, holding unloaded M1 carbine rifles, with a group Ban Paku primary school students when a group of Bangkok journalists visited last week. The Pattani school had been torched a month earlier.
Student gets prison for lese majeste
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 04/11/2014
» The Criminal Court has sentenced a university student to five years in prison for lese majeste crime, then reduced it by half because he confessed.
Red-shirt prison inmates shipped out
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 30/07/2014
» The temporary "red-shirt" prison holding detainees on charges relating to the 2010 political unrest will close down when the last six inmates are sent to Ubon Ratchathani and Maha Sarakham today.