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Chartthaipattana faces an uphill struggle
News, Published on 26/04/2016
» The passing of veteran politician and former prime minister Banharn Silpa-archa deals a heavy blow to the Chartthaipattana Party.
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Thai hopes for decentralisation fade
News, Published on 23/05/2016
» Thailand's current state of local administration does not bode well for democracy. The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), which took power two years ago, issued Order No. 22/2016 on May 4 that centralised power in the Ministry of the Interior.
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Police must face up to corruption culture
News, Editorial, Published on 12/06/2016
» The raid last week at a well-known Bangkok brothel shows the need for urgent police reform, and the need to decentralise policing operations and encourage more public participation in its work.
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Clinton vs Trump: Battle of the New Yorkers
News, AFP, Published on 13/06/2016
» Perhaps the only guarantee in Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump's epic fight for the White House is that Americans will get their first New Yorker president since World War II.
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America is divided by race, united by pain
News, Frank Bruni, Published on 11/07/2016
» There aren't any ready answers for how to end this cycle of bloodshed, these heart-rending images from Louisiana and Minnesota and Texas of a country in desperate trouble, with so much pain to soothe, rage to exorcise and injustice to confront.
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Laos leads region, but only in repression
News, Charles Santiago, Published on 27/08/2016
» On Sept 6, heads of state from around the world will gather in Vientiane, Laos, for the year's only Asean Summit. The high-profile meeting should be a chance for the Lao government, as hosts, to showcase its regional leadership potential. But don't expect a spectacle of economic, social or environmental innovation. The only thing on display will be the communist government's unflinching commitment to authoritarianism at all costs -- something that neighbouring governments seem ever eager to emulate.
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Beijing wants GMOs but the Chinese people don't
News, Adam Minter, Published on 29/09/2016
» The latest food safety scandal in China might be its most damaging. Earlier this week, a former doctoral student at one of the country's national testing centres for genetically modified organisms went public with allegations of scientific fraud, including claims that records were doctored extensively, that unqualified personnel were employed under illegal contracts and -- most seriously -- that authorities refused to take action when his concerns were aired privately.
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Adjusting to President Trump
Asia focus, Munir Majid, Published on 14/11/2016
» In his victory speech in the early hours of last Wednesday, US President-elect Donald Trump was clearly trying to strike a more conciliatory tone toward the outside world and specifically to those concerned that his campaign rhetoric could lead to testy economic, trade and diplomatic relations with America.
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Uncertainty on the roadmap must end
News, Editorial, Published on 27/11/2016
» Uncertainty is the last thing the government would want the Thai public and international community to feel regarding its roadmap to democracy and the next election. That is why all government figures must stop generating such a tentative sentiment and express nothing but a firm commitment to its plan to hold an election and return the country to normalcy next year.
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New year, same old humanitarian tragedy
News, Jacqueline Bhabha, Published on 12/01/2017
» Refugees and other migrants have been forced to leave their homes in exceedingly large numbers for the past 18 months. It has become commonplace to refer to the current situation as the worst refugee crisis since World War II, with more than 65 million people -- a figure in excess of the entire population of many countries -- forcibly displaced.
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