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All South must talk
News, Editorial, Published on 31/08/2015
» The decision to resume official contact with separatists is good news for the Deep South and the country in general. Last week, a government-authorised team led by Gen Aksara Kerdpol met a number of representatives of well-known military groups. The public ceremony took place in Kuala Lumpur, and was largely organised and arranged by the Malaysian government. The contacts are tentative, and not yet even called peace talks. There is an essential ingredient missing before the contacts can make significant progress.
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Taking eyes off the ball
News, Editorial, Published on 09/09/2015
» Recent events have shown that two of the country's biggest problems remain interconnected and festering. Earlier this year, driven by domestic crime and foreign pressure, the government began at last to try to clean up the vicious gangs and weak law enforcement responsible for human trafficking and slavery. After short and effective steps, however, leaders took their eyes off the targets. Some of the worst activities have resumed and expanded, exactly at the worst possible time.
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Tackling haze a joint effort
News, Editorial, Published on 08/10/2015
» This coming Saturday marks the 13th anniversary of the signing of the Asean Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution. All Asean members ratified the agreement the following year except Indonesia which, after waiting for 12 years, ratified the document last year. It is not difficult to understand why.
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Asean chokes on haze crisis
News, Editorial, Published on 23/10/2015
» Asean leaders must seek an opportunity from the worsening haze crisis to tackle the problem at its roots and show the way to sustainable development. The smoke haze and accompanying pollutants that have blanketed several countries in the region is primarily caused by the burning of forest and peatlands on Indonesia's Sumatra island to make way for oil palm plantations.
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Military must open up
News, Editorial, Published on 12/11/2015
» Four years after the mysterious death of a conscript, Private Wichian Puaksom, at Peeleng army camp in Narathiwat, the Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) has finally decided to find an army lieutenant and 10 other drill masters guilty of malfeasance in office and causing Private Wichian's death.
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South peace suffers blow
News, Editorial, Published on 02/05/2016
» On Friday night, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha unexpectedly brought up the situation in the South during his weekly address to the nation. He was terse and he was blunt. He called the 12-year war "a sad and terrible waste of lives", and in that one sentence criticised attempts over the past year and a half under his regime to renew peace talks with Malaysia-based separatists. Dialogue appears interrupted for the time being.
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New plan for the South
News, Editorial, Published on 27/07/2016
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday made a quick trip to the deep South. It was his first visit to the strife-torn region since he took the power in May, 2014. The trip indicates the prime minister is taking a different tack after unsuccessful attempts to end the country's most serious security threat.
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Make the South safer
News, Editorial, Published on 09/08/2016
» A thwarted attack in the deep South last week emphasised a problem that has been ignored by both military authorities and previous governments. A petrol station owner in rural Yala province became suspicious and called 191 after a man parked a pickup beside her pumps and fled on a waiting motorcycle. Sure enough, there was a large unexploded bomb in the truck. An Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team rushed to the scene.
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An appeal for harmony
News, Editorial, Published on 30/08/2016
» When Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha promised two years ago to make frequent and important use of his Section 44 powers under the interim charter, he wasn't joking. He stunned Bangkok and MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra last week with an order suspending the governor from work. And he signed a second order under Section 44 that is far more sensitive. The order to address misunderstandings on the new constitution's clauses on religion could see matters worsen before they improve.
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Agonising blow to peace
News, Editorial, Published on 09/09/2016
» A heartbreaking incident took place on Tuesday in Narathiwat when a motorcycle bomb went off at around school time, killing a five-year old girl along with her father and a street vendor.
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