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Ruling party's hardliners seek to win poll at any cost
News, Published on 09/03/2012
» Myanmar's political future may be at stake in the forthcoming by-elections scheduled for April 1, although only some 50 seats are being contested.
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NLD must ensure it treads carefully
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 03/04/2012
» After winning landslide by-election victories, Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy (NLD) Party have a mission to keep democracy in Myanmar moving forward rather than seeing a return to military rule.
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Heed the call of the SMEs
News, Published on 12/04/2012
» The new 300-baht minimum wage has been in force in seven pilot provinces, including Bangkok, since April 1 despite widespread disagreement by many business operators.
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Will personalities trump institutions?
News, Published on 25/04/2012
» By-elections in electoral democracies usually elicit very little excitement beyond the affected constituencies. However, Myanmar's recent by-elections held most of Asia and the West in rapt attention, with droves of international observers, media representatives, and curious foreigners flocking to Myanmar on an unprecedented scale.
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Najib's sweeping reforms _ winds of change or hot air?
News, Published on 29/05/2012
» Since Malaysia Day last September, the administration of Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has undertaken a whirlwind of legislative and policy reforms _ making Mr Najib arguably the most reformist Malaysian prime minister ever.
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Change of Senate guard
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 20/08/2012
» When the junta-appointed charter drafters crafted the current constitution, they wanted to make sure that the establishment would have a say in the Senate and that it would not be controlled by politicians. So, the result of this scheming to maintain the status quo of the establishment was a 150-member Senate which is made up of one elected senator for each province with the rest appointed.
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Need 4G _ now
News, Published on 08/10/2012
» Talk of launching 3G has been going on in this country for almost a decade now. Yet, as of October 2012, the bidding process for 3G hasn't even started while several countries are shifting to 4G. (Even iPhone 4S, now considered obsolete by many, supports 4G).
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No need for new protests
News, Published on 31/10/2012
» It is a basic right of Thais to gather, petition their government and speak their mind on politics and most other subjects. Sunday's gathering at the Royal Turf Club was a peaceful demonstration of this core right. The crowd that filled many of the 20,000 seats at the horse-racing track was sometimes raucous, but never threatening. Yet the participants should ask if the country really needs another round of divisive politics _ and decide that the answer is "no".
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US poll has huge implications for Thailand
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 02/11/2012
» Few spectacles capture world attention like the United States presidential election.
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Understanding US election
News, Published on 04/11/2012
» Months of reporting and volumes of analysis lead to one conclusion for Tuesday's US election: We can't say for sure who will win. President Barack Obama is certainly ahead, but things could still change. Think of it as a Premier League game. Man City may be up 2-1, but with 10 minutes to play that could change.
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