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Military regime can't turn back the clock of progress
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/08/2014
» My memory of one of this country's democratic milestones — the student uprising of Oct 14, 1973 — was my grandmother sobbing while watching His Majesty the King's announcement on TV about a new government replacing the military dictatorship that students had tried to topple.
Disrespect towards the lese majeste law
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 07/06/2016
» This week 10 years ago, as I was wrapping up an interview with the Grand Duke of Luxembourg who joined other monarchs in celebrating HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 60th anniversary on the throne, he asked me a question that overwhelmed me so much that I could not immediately answer but had tears run down my face.
Critical thinking takes back seat with NCPO’s core values
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 11/11/2014
» It is becoming a harsh reality that my children will grow up in an authoritarian society like I did in the 1970s.
For change, speak out and be counted
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 08/04/2014
» Tired of political stagnation? Don’t be, please. Your detachment from politics will only do harm to your own future. We cannot allow anyone, any single group to chart the future path of this society, in particular a group of people who brand themselves “representatives of the great mass of people”, as well as those regular faces who always make their way to parliament.
Rights, liberty and restraint emerge from the storm
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 04/12/2013
» The Yingluck Shinawatra government's show of restraint towards anti-government protesters has paid off as a stream of international support pours in.
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.
Neighbourly spirit needed to stop violence
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/09/2012
» The death toll in the South will never stop rising, unless two key players _ the Thai military and Malaysian authorities _ change their attitudes.
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.