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Gaga, Suu Kyi: icons of the fighting spirit
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 28/05/2012
» First it was Lady Gaga; next is "The Lady". Thais no doubt will be able to draw a lesson or ten from two world-famous "Ladies" from vastly differing backgrounds, but who share a common virtue: never give up.
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A positive change for people of Myanmar
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 12/04/2012
» Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi's historic by-election win is also the "victory of the people". Among these citizens are the brave students and civilians that fled their country in the aftermath of the 1988 failed student uprising for democracy, which was brutally crushed by the military junta's iron-fisted rule. Numerous were killed and injured, while many became refugees in neighbouring Thailand.
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Myanmar by-elections will have huge knock-on effect
News, Published on 30/03/2012
» Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), will stand in by-elections on Sunday. This is the first time Mrs Suu Kyi and the NLD have participated in elections since 1990.
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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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Blue Flag at half-mast
News, Published on 20/02/2012
» Re: Inflation goal below 3.8% (BP, Business, Feb 18).
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Welcome step by the PAD
News, Published on 12/03/2012
» The People's Alliance for Democracy will mark its eighth anniversary later this year as a political force. Its huge street demonstrations in 2005 played a major role in the decision by the military to overthrow the elected prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra.
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Suu Kyi joins ruling circles
News, Published on 04/04/2012
» The victory of Aung San Suu Kyi and other democrats in Sunday's Myanmar elections must be congratulated. After 22 years, the Myanmar regime has finally given Mrs Suu Kyi and her supporters the election they won in 1990. The euphoria is understandable. A credible and admired figure has finally gained her legitimate foothold in the governance of the country. It is a huge step forward, almost unpredictable even a year ago, when the question was whether the military junta would even allow Mrs Suu Kyi to remain free.
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Battle looms to hold on to cheap labour
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 12/03/2012
» 'Asean chief warns firms of labour shortage", reads a headline in the Bangkok Post on Saturday. The story says the secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Surin Pitsuwan, is worried about the opening up of Myanmar which could compel its migrant citizens working in factories, trawlers, houses and the like overseas to return to their country.
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Neighbours to the west get closer
News, Published on 28/02/2012
» Myanmar's ongoing democratic and economic transition has created an unprecedented opportunity for India and Thailand to cooperate and strengthen economic links between South and Southeast Asia. It was therefore no coincidence that the Indian government invited Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to be the chief guest at the country's annual Republic Day parade on Jan 26. Even more symbolic was that the premier's visit to New Delhi overlapped with that of Myanmar Foreign Minister Wanna Maung Lwin, who came to discuss progress on economic and security relations and extended an invitation to India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to visit his country.
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Anti-graft drive meets backlash
News, Published on 21/03/2012
» In Myanmar, bribery is a way of life. There seems to be no escaping it in all its many forms. From the tea or beer money paid to low-ranking officials to the car keys and cookie tins full of cash or gold reserved for those with real influence, corruption exists at almost every level of society.
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