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Why development aid is never near enough
News, Published on 13/01/2012
» Poverty is not only about not having enough money. It is also about exploitation and oppression, and about armed conflicts and wars that make it impossible to run a business, visit the doctor, or send children to school. In short, poverty is about politics _ and the need to devise political solutions to its underlying causes. And this involves more than providing money.
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Baan Muang Editorial
News, Published on 31/01/2012
» The government must continue its nationwide campaign against drug trafficking, which still poses a big security threat to the country.
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Laundry list to catch up with
News, Published on 21/02/2012
» The "name and shame" tactic of the international Financial Action Task Force (FATF) certainly worked as intended against Thailand. The Paris-based inter-governmental group placed Thailand on a shortlist of countries generally identified as havens for money laundering. The FATF listed Thailand along with the likes of Nigeria, Myanmar and Bolivia as a friendly, welcoming nation for drug traffickers, white-collar criminals, terrorists and other outlaws. Few people would recognise Thailand as such a country _ because there is much less to this disturbing report than meets the eye.
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Post Today Editorial
News, Published on 28/02/2012
» There is good reason for the Yingluck government to be worried about the Financial Action Task Force's inclusion of Thailand among the 15 ''high risk'' countries, for failing to take sufficient steps against money laundering.
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Firmly in charge
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 28/02/2012
» Will he stay or will he go? The question regarding Tarit Pengdith's prospects in the state bureaucracy has popped up from time to time ever since the Pheu Thai Party took office last August. But that has never disturbed the man.
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NSC's purview ignores South
News, Published on 29/02/2012
» The government has taken the correct step in placing the head of the National Security Council (NSC) at the top of security operations. The announcement by Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung was unexpected for several reasons. But Wichean Potephosree is fully qualified to be the first chief of such a unified command. The former police chief has a solid background in intelligence work. His appointment to supervise threats by groups and individuals against Thailand effectively makes him the national anti-terrorism chief. But even with this positive step, huge gaps remain in national security.
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Stratfor Papers _ a tawdry dip into cyber-crime
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 06/03/2012
» I was taken aback by a report in this newspaper last week that I have been operating for several decades in a secretive but romantic world of spies, money laundering and running secret agents.
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Courting 'financial pariah' status
News, Published on 13/04/2012
» This past February, Thailand was added to a high-risk blacklist by an international organisation many people have never heard of.
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Asean must not flag on human rights
News, Published on 24/05/2012
» Since the Asean Charter was launched on Dec 15, 2008, some monumental follow-up action has been taken to promote and protect human rights, including establishing the Asean Human Rights Body (AHRB).
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Time to do the laundry
News, Published on 11/06/2012
» Over the past several years and governments, Thailand has fallen behind the rest of the world when it comes to tackling money laundering. The "world", in this case the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), is on the verge of putting the country on a "dark-grey list" _ not quite a blacklist, but close enough. The FATF warned the government and the financial community in February that it should pass and start enforcing three laws which deal mostly with keeping terrorists away from international markets.
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