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Reality in South fails to match government spin
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 13/09/2016
» The appointment of the army chief's younger brother, Lt Gen Piyawat Nakwanich, as the 4th Army Region commander, does not bring a new sense of hope for peace in the restive deep South.
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.
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.
Songkhla project puts villagers' livelihoods at risk
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 30/10/2015
» Not only will 118 families, or some 500 people, in Songkhla's Tepha district be evicted by the Egat coal-fired power plant, but it is also widely feared that the Gulf of Thailand's ecosystem and the livelihoods of the people in the neighbouring districts in Songkhla and Pattani will be affected by sea contamination.
Myanmar embraces civil society
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 17/03/2014
» Myanmar is preparing for its largest regional civil society conference in decades, further evidence of its impressive engagement with the world.
State of emergency marks another blunder by Pheu Thai
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 23/01/2014
» Yingluck Shinawatra's invocation of the emergency decree on Tuesday evening _ a serious misstep of the ruling Pheu Thai Party _ will only draw more support for the anti-government groups that have been attempting to overthrow her government for the past three months.
Train debt plan opens tax reform opportunity
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 09/04/2013
» Parliament's decision last week to pass the first reading of the 2-trillion-baht borrowing bill overhauling the nation's infrastructure has boosted foreign investors' confidence in the Yingluck administration.
US sets an example
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 13/11/2012
» The US presidential election last week, which saw the first black American president being re-elected, did more than delight many Thais.