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    Pakistan again lands itself in political strife

    Oped, Published on 17/02/2024

    » Pakistan is politically on the brink again in the aftermath of fractious but inconclusive national parliamentary elections, which ended with a question mark hanging over this land of 241 million people like a political Damocles sword. Two former prime ministers, both bitter rivals and equally mired in alleged corruption, are vying for the top spot.

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    Digital wallet should be implemented

    Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 16/02/2024

    » The big debate in Thailand's current economic policy planning is whether the economy is facing a crisis or not. The government of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, who doubles as finance minister, has contended that there is an economic crisis in dire need of both monetary policy loosening and fiscal stimulus, particularly the 500-billion-baht digital wallet scheme. The Bank of Thailand, supported by a clique of economists apparently critical of the government's "populist" policy measures, asserts otherwise that an economic recovery is in progress without the need to lower the benchmark repurchase rate.

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    Journo arrests hike tensions

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 14/02/2024

    » As fears grow that the furore over royal motorcades and the fierce reaction from royalist groups might become the catalyst for further polarisation in Thai society, our policemen's storm-in-a-tea cup arrest of two journalists over their coverage of the campaign for reform of the monarchy has only heightened tensions.

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    A 14th century warning for the 21st century

    News, Published on 12/02/2024

    » A history student told me recently that he loves researching the 20th century but can't see the point of the Middle Ages. I responded that it can be a big help to understanding our own times -- very troubled times -- to view them in the context even of the remote past.

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    Move Forward, Pita down but not out

    Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 10/02/2024

    » With a court sentence that handed Move Forward Party (MFP) MP Pita Limjaroenrat a suspended jail term for his role in a flash mob in 2019, the power games between the old powers and the left-leaning party have intensified to another level.

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    US must reform antitrust and patent laws now

    Oped, Published on 09/02/2024

    » When the United States enacted the Sherman Antitrust Act in 1890, Senator John Sherman offered a famous justification: "If we will not endure a king as a political power, we should not endure a king over the production, transportation, and sale of any of the necessities of life. If we would not submit to an emperor, we should not submit to an autocrat of trade, with power to prevent competition and to fix the price of any commodity".

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    Imran Khan: from cricket star to jailbird

    Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 06/02/2024

    » Pakistan's former prime minister, former cricket superstar and latter-day populist politician Imran Khan was having a quiet week in jail, six months into his three-year sentence for corruption, and suddenly all hell broke loose.

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    Time to address juvenile crimes

    Oped, Published on 06/02/2024

    » Thailand has witnessed an alarming number of violent crimes committed by children under 15. The most recent murder of a 13-year-old who was stabbed in the neck by a 14-year-old classmate after a school assembly and the murder of Buaphan Tansu by a youth gang in Sa Kaeo leave most perpetrators unsentenced criminally due to their age (under 15) even if the court finds them guilty of the crime. These tragic incidents and lack of criminal sentencing for the offenders have sparked a public outcry echoing through the streets and halls of justice for change.

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    Border talks a test for PM

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/02/2024

    » The arrest of two Cambodian activists and a political prisoner who had been granted refugee status last week does not bode well for a Thai government determined to improve its human rights standing as it once again competes for a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council.

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    Democracy's flame still flickering

    News, Published on 05/02/2024

    » The opposition Move Forward party is doomed after the Constitutional Court last week ruled the party's campaign to amend Section 112 shows it is attempting to overthrow the constitutional monarchy.

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