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Patronage politics in Thailand
Jon Fernquest, Published on 27/09/2010
» Bangkok Post columnist Suranand Vejjajiva describes how patronage works in Thai politics in his Friday column.
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The sexual politics of 2016 and redefining masculinity
News, David Brooks, Published on 30/03/2016
» In the middle of the Civil War, a colonel named Robert McAllister from the 11th Regiment of New Jersey tried to improve the moral fibre of his men. A Presbyterian railroad contractor in private life, he lobbied and preached against profanity, drinking, prostitution and gambling. Some of the line officers in the regiment, from less genteel backgrounds, rebelled.
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New government forms, but at what cost?
News, Published on 23/08/2023
» Thai politics is entering a new chapter as the colour-coded political divide which has polarised the country for several years is expected to end after Pheu Thai Party's prime ministerial candidate Srettha Thavisin won parliament's endorsement to become the country's 30th prime minister on Tuesday.
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'We will triumph'
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 03/05/2023
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha insists he would not want to be part of a minority government after the May 14 election, despite this being possible under the constitution.
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Private sector jots wish list
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 11/02/2019
» Despite having different work cultures and development mindsets, public and private policies should ideally go hand-in-hand to usher a country's development forward.
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PM orders 'intensive civic education' for students
News, Lamphai Intathep, Published on 25/11/2014
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday asked the permanent secretary for education to monitor how students express their political views following the three-finger protest staged against him by university students last week.
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Crisis of faith is reaching a crescendo
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 31/07/2021
» The harsh words by MC Chulcherm Yugala, a staunch royalist, against the Prayut Chan-o-cha government, denouncing its poor handling of the Covid-19 outbreak, have stunned political observers and supporters of the prime minister. Given his senior royal status, the prince's criticism has triggered wild speculation over a possible new prime minister endorsed by the palace.
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Who will be "pulling her strings" ?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 18/05/2011
» "Where could someone with no political experience, sister of a convicted criminal, stand a chance of being elected to the highest office in the land?"
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3 dead, dozens injured in violent white nationalist rally
Associated Press, Published on 13/08/2017
» CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va: A car rammed into a crowd of protesters and a state police helicopter crashed into the woods Saturday as tension boiled over at a white supremacist rally. The violent day left three dead, dozens injured and this usually quiet college town a bloodied symbol of the nation's roiling racial and political divisions.
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Thousands march for HK democracy
Published on 01/02/2015
» HONG KONG — Thousands of pro-democracy protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong Sunday for the first time since mass demonstrations shut down parts of the city for more than two months.
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