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The Lady comes calling
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 20/06/2016
» The visit this week by the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi will certainly brighten the spirits of the sombre Thai people and could also lift the profile of the Thai junta and Myanmar's top leader.
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China should be more generous in Thai-Sino rail deal
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 15/12/2015
» The Dec 3 memorandum of understanding on a railway construction project between Thailand and China heralded a step forward for closer Thai-Sino relations.
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Southern peace talks hang by a thread
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 02/02/2015
» While Bangkok and the rest of the nation accept the well-explained steps in the Prayut government's plan for the next phase of the southern peace dialogue, civic groups in the Deep South are not holding their breath.
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Asean turns deaf ear to concerns on rights in Thailand
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 17/08/2014
» The junta may feel a bit smug that there was no mention of the May 22 coup at the 47th Asean Foreign Ministers Meeting in Myanmar last week.
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Chin Peng tale shows difficulties of confronting history
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 19/09/2013
» Lying still in a chilled casket in his navy blue suit at a high-end hospital in Bangkok, Chin Peng's face looked smaller than he appeared when I first met him four years ago.
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South wasn't ready for megaphone peace talks
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 13/08/2013
» There is not much to lament about the demise of the peace talks between the government and the southern separatists. After all, this was a forced marriage between the Buddhist Thai state and the Malay Muslim separatist movement. The match-makers were former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and the Malaysian government.
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In South peace talks, it's time for civil input
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 11/06/2013
» As the Thai government and a group of separatists struggle to maintain the momentum of their peace talks, local civil society has emerged as a sane voice introducing valuable proposals to both parties.
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Jihadists do exist, and talks are the only option
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 22/02/2013
» There have been many high-profile incidents involving the southern insurgency in the past few weeks. Former prime minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh was reportedly approached to help find a solution to the violence. The military was successful in quashing a separatist attack with 16 militants killed, but this was quickly followed by retaliation with bomb blast scares in Pattani. The Malaysian king's Bangkok visit, previously scheduled for this week, was also postponed due to his poor health.
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Southern violence strategy all talk, no action
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 15/01/2013
» Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung has described his meeting with Malaysia's Home Minister Hishammuddin Tun Hussein as a win-win for both Thailand and Malaysia. This is only partially true.
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The unfinished business of 1932
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/06/2012
» The term "revolution of 1932" is often used to refer to events 80 years ago today when a group of six young and ardent military officers and civil servants (called Khanarassadorn) joined 96 others to change the Thai administrative system from an absolute to a constitutional monarchy.
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