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    UK's patronising tone

    News, Published on 07/01/2012

    » I found the article ''UK-Asean relations for the 21st century'' (BP, Opinion, Jan 6) fascinating _ which is to say, very patronising. I am trying to understand the British foreign minister's statement that ''...we have a shared interest in maintaining security in a region which has some of the world's most important shipping routes... tackling common threats such as... nuclear proliferation, cyber-crime, and climate change''.

  • OPINION

    Burma balancing act

    News, Published on 08/01/2012

    » A day after the 64th anniversary of Burma's declaration of independence from Britain on Jan 4, 1948, British Foreign Minister William Hague arrived in Rangoon in the interests of speeding along true independence for the Burmese people.

  • OPINION

    Lonely voices presage US awakening

    News, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 08/01/2012

    » When Time magazine recognised ''The Protester'' as its Person of the Year for 2011, my first reaction was: What took so long?

  • OPINION

    All eyes on a chance for change in Kim's closed North

    News, Published on 11/01/2012

    » The announcement of Kim Jong-un as supreme commander of the Korean People's Army is one more step in the process of Pyongyang's efforts to consolidate power as quickly as possible after the sudden death of Kim Jong-il.

  • OPINION

    The implications of Burma's progress

    News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 13/01/2012

    » Watching Burma's ongoing progress towards democratic reforms and political dialogue from afar is like seeing sprinkling rain turning into a light downpour after a long drought over two decades. It is a spectacular and stunning sight thus far, partly because the long drought stirred pent-up demands and grievances for ways forward.

  • OPINION

    Peace hopes real, but Karen remain wary

    News, Published on 15/01/2012

    » It was a heart-pounding moment for many Karen around the world waiting to hear the outcomes of Thursday's peace talks between the Karen National Union and the Burmese government. It was a moment of hope _ at last thoughts of a peace that we have been longing for for decades. The results of the talks are so far, confusing for many Karen _ do we have a peace deal or not? Ceasefire agreements in the past between military-backed Burmese governments and the KNU have always ended in tatters.

  • OPINION

    Deserving of top honours

    News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 21/01/2012

    » On screen and in headlines, Iran the provocateur du jour, is causing a stir. As Israel fumes, as Bibi Netanyahu ponders a pre-emptive strike, as the US watches with hawk-eyed severity over Teheran's nuclear ambition, and as an alleged Iran-backed Hezbollah rabble-rouser was arrested in Bangkok and a spectacular arsenal of bomb materials uncovered - as the quivers in Hormuz Strait are felt throughout Earth, an Iranian film cruised past contenders to win the Golden Globe. Worldwide punters now believe A Separation will become the first Iranian title to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Never mind the sanctions, an Iran-scripted drama has had Hollywood (and Washington) in thrall. So catch it now: A Separation is showing on one screen in Bangkok, at House RCA (I hope it'll stay there for a few more weeks.) It won't give you a crash course on the latest nuclear grumble; the politics of the film is smaller in scope yet larger in humanity, for it concerns class, marriage, religiosity, and the heart-aching struggle to uphold justice in the court of God and by the rule of law. At the centre, the film is about a separation of a couple, called Nader and Simin, but at heart this is a complex drama of moral quandaries that inflict bourgeoise Teheranians and speak of other kinds of seperation, physical and spiritual, visible and clandestine, in a society heaving with pride, prejudice and doubt. In short, it's closer to home than the belligerent rhetoric of the nuclear war.

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    Lessons of the nalinee debacle

    News, Published on 22/01/2012

    » Regarding your story yesterday, ''Strategists urge Nalinee to quit'', the debacle over the suitability of Nalinee Taveesin to be in cabinet has flushed out some important points. The first is the general probity of her as an individual. Her decision to undertake financial transactions with the cohort of a regime as loathsome as that of Robert Mugabe puts that into serious doubt.

  • OPINION

    Saddled with a trade rep who cannot trade

    News, Published on 24/01/2012

    » Re: ''Nalinee refuses to quit'' (BP, Jan 23).

  • OPINION

    US game of blacklisting

    News, Published on 27/01/2012

    » I admire PM Yingluck for standing firm on her appointment of Nalinee Taveesin as a minister of the PM's Office, despite tremendous pressure from opponents stemming from Ms Nalinee's being blacklisted by the United States. Had she pulled Ms Nalinee off the cabinet, PM Yingluck would have forever lost my vote.

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