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Dialogue, not force, best chance for peace
News, Rungrawee Chalermsripinyorat, Published on 02/09/2015
» Mara Patani -- an umbrella organisation representing southern militants at the peace dialogue -- officially revealed itself to the public for the first time last week. This significant development has been overshadowed by the tragic bombing in Bangkok and the intensifying anti-government protests in Kuala Lumpur.
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PM must seize chance to shake up police
News, Published on 01/06/2015
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha recently decided police reform was too difficult a task and he would leave it to the next government, even though the Royal Thai Police (RTP) is struggling to retain public confidence.
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Shake-up of faith
News, Published on 14/03/2015
» Those closely following the Wat Phra Dhammakaya saga may be perturbed by last week’s decision by National Reform Council (NRC) member Paiboon Nititawan to disband the panel which was formed to protect Buddhism.
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Chance to reform Sangha is slipping away
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/03/2015
» Paiboon Nititawan, chairman of the National Reform Council's committee on Buddhism, made a shock announcement last week that the panel would disband after accomplishing its mission.
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Let charges flow thick and fast in Dhammakaya saga
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/03/2015
» Making merit at a temple with money borrowed from a co-operative set up in that same temple's compound so that you can go to heaven or find after-life happiness appears to be Mongkhol Setthi Credit Union Co-operative's marketing gimmick.
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Clergy scores a hat-trick of scandals
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 21/01/2015
» This week, three news items left no room for doubt about the state of our Buddhist clergy; it is beyond resuscitation.
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Restore faith, reform system
News, Published on 26/02/2015
» As tension builds between the National Reform Council's (NRC) religious affairs committee and Wat Or Noi's abbot Phra Buddha Isra, and the protectors of the Sangha Supreme Council (SSC) and the Dhammakaya sect, the potential for confrontation lingers.
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Tardy justice system delivers frustration to citizens
News, Published on 02/04/2014
» One little known factor that causes significant slowness in Thai criminal courts is overcriminalisation. By overcriminalisation, I mean that some crimes should be recategorised as civil crimes. Two such crimes that need to be decriminalised are defamation and bounced cheques.
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Reviving Ukraine's hurt economy
News, Published on 28/02/2014
» Ukraine has suddenly arrived at a democratic breakthrough. After former President Viktor Yanukovych incited major bloodshed, many of his MPs defected to the opposition, creating a large majority. In order to consolidate its authority, whatever new government emerges will need to act fast and resolutely — and receive considerable international support — to overhaul the country’s crisis-ridden economy.
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Postbag: Read all about it
Published on 30/01/2014
» I read with interest Atiya Achakulwisut’s commentary (“Feb 2 election heralds more battles to come,’’ Jan 28). What is in store for the country is hard to predict.
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