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    Southern comfort?

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 05/01/2024

    » Yesterday was no run-of-the-mill Thursday; rather, it was a red-letter day marking the decades-long violence plaguing the three southernmost provinces.

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    Climate wake-up call

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 03/01/2024

    » As the rest of the country celebrated the festive season, people in the deep South provinces struggled with the effects of severe flooding.

  • News & article

    Decree no longer a help

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 17/10/2023

    » Today, the cabinet will decide whether to renew the emergency decree for the deep southern provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat. The decision will show whether the Srettha government has the audacity to change a hitherto hard-line security policy in the region.

  • News & article

    Southern discomfort

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 17/06/2023

    » A mock referendum campaign by a group of Muslim students in the deep South on separatism has triggered panic across the kingdom. The move is highly sensitive and risks breaching Section 1 of the charter which says that Thailand is an indivisible kingdom.

  • News & article

    GT-200 probe lacked teeth

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 05/05/2023

    » Former Yala governor Teera Mintrasak became the first high-ranking official to be convicted in the infamous GT-200 bomb detector case, in which he was found guilty of malfeasance in office and sentenced to eight years in prison by the Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct on Tuesday.

  • News & article

    Not on the govt's clock

    News, Editorial, Published on 13/03/2023

    » Today, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will visit Ratchaburi as part of a series of provincial trips before his four-year term ends on March 23.

  • News & article

    Quit delaying the anti-torture law

    News, Editorial, Published on 29/01/2023

    » The long-awaited anti-torture law is set to take effect next month. However, the Royal Thai Police is requesting a delay in its enforcement, citing a lack of readiness. The government must reject this request as it is a last-ditch effort to preserve the police's often violent interrogation tactics and culture of impunity.

  • News & article

    Isoc in need of oversight

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/09/2022

    » The phenomenon of "ghost recruitment" has cast a long shadow over how the government spends tax money to recruit staff to work in restive southernmost provinces.

  • News & article

    Keep an eye on wages

    News, Editorial, Published on 01/09/2022

    » As the government last week approved long-awaited increases in the minimum wage, it must also roll out staunch measures to ensure the cost of living is well under control, with minimal impact on the public.

  • News & article

    Democracy needs work

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/07/2022

    » It is such a pity the impeachment bill which quietly passed the House's first reading this week rarely merited a mention in the media and has been out of the political spotlight. If signed into law, the legislation would promote direct democracy and give teeth to local voters to keep their elected administrators and mayors in check.

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