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    Thai army needs to march to a new tune

    Oped, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 13/05/2023

    » I always get feelings of fear when I hear the army's famous propaganda song, Nak Paendin, which in Thai means "burden of the country". As a child born during the 1970s, this song reminds me of military putsches.

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    Lessons of history

    Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 13/10/2021

    » After decades of military authoritarianism, student demonstrators in Bangkok began to call for the restoration of constitutional rule and a return to democracy. In the face of the challenge, the entrenched generals refused to negotiate and arrested the protest leaders, claiming they were influenced by communism. It paved the way for the popular uprising of Oct 14, 1973.

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    Renowned author Thommayantee dies aged 85

    News, Post Reporters, Published on 14/09/2021

    » Khunying Wimon Siripaiboon, a national artist widely known by her pen name of Thommayantee, passed away yesterday at the age of 85.

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    Revamp the military

    News, Postbag, Published on 23/02/2019

    » Let's briefly consider local geopolitics and the Thai military. Thailand needs China like it needs another coup. However, China needs Thailand for a variety of reasons. The US has had a longstanding favourable relationship with Thailand and is its most powerful ally.

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    The historical made personal

    Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 06/10/2016

    » We don't know where they are -- a man and a woman, he in a white three-piece suit, she in a white wedding gown. Soon we find out that they don't know where they are either. Then we find out who they are, but soon realise they are not sure.

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    Filming history

    Muse, Kong Rithdee, Published on 01/10/2016

    » Anocha Suwichakornpong's first degree is in jewellery design, but you won't see any gleaming items on her. A small woman with a pixie cut, the film director is more interested in crafting images than making necklaces (or wearing one) -- and that's good for her and even better for us on this side of the screen. On a recent afternoon she showed up to meet us, and the long talk was about film, memory, feminism, frozen ovum, political heartbreak and how the scourge of history has found a way into her latest film.

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    Families decry 'harsh' detentions of 'Facebook 8'

    News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 29/04/2016

    » The families of those arrested for allegedly violating the Computer Crime Act have called for their release and decried their harsh and inhumane detentions.

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