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Choose substance over Thai style
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 15/09/2014
» Thailand has just introduced a coup leader as its 29th prime minister. On the auspicious ninth day of the ninth month he held his first formal cabinet meeting and on Friday he delivered his policy statement.
US, Japan anti-coup stance begins to melt
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 17/09/2014
» Attitudes toward post-coup Thailand by the United States and Japan appear to be softening following the appointment of the new cabinet.
Action and reaction: repression and defiance
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 29/09/2014
» After nearly two decades in China's shadow, people in Hong Kong are growing intolerant of having their grievances suppressed under "one country, two systems".
Tanasak the odd man out on world stage
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 30/09/2014
» Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Tanasak Patimapragorn has been the government's odd man out in leading its effort to gain Western acceptance for the post-coup military regime.
Academics call forbalance of power
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 04/10/2014
» The balance of power between civilians and military along with the common needs of the nation need to be established before national reform can go ahead, a seminar has been told.
Smiling in plain view
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 08/10/2014
» It's very rare for him not to smile. He smiles when he speaks. In fact, he even smiled when he was hauled into a police truck on the night the military announced Thailand's 19th coup. He also smiled — as some photographs showed — when he was subsequently brought back twice to a military camp.
Lese majeste charge 'out of context'
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 27/10/2014
» Two student thespians formally charged Monday with lese majeste said they won’t enter a plea until December, but feel the play that sits at the heart of their alleged crime is being taken out of context.
Critical thinking takes back seat with NCPO’s core values
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 11/11/2014
» It is becoming a harsh reality that my children will grow up in an authoritarian society like I did in the 1970s.
Thailand faces serious challenges on Human Rights Day
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 09/12/2014
» Tomorrow is our Constitution Day; others in the international arena know it as Human Rights Day. Many of us in Thailand feel that we don't have either — at least for the time being and hopefully not for the long haul.
Irritation as Thailand loses its charm
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 01/02/2015
» To the astonishment of many, the Thai elite often feel bitterly disappointed whenever their dearest and closest friends, like the US, publicly express disapproval of “national affairs”.