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Myanmar baby ban has to go
News, Published on 29/05/2013
» Myanmar has shown again that 50 years as a dictatorship will lead to awkward moments in rejoining the world community of nations. Last weekend, the government did something completely outlandish and unacceptable. It decreed that Rohingya Muslim women must have no more than two children in their lifetime. No country, ever, has instituted such a policy, and Myanmar must immediately rescind it.
Migration will matter more after 2015
News, Published on 29/05/2013
» In 2015, the Asean single economic space will exist, opening up free movement for certain classes of workers across 10 very different Asian nations. At the end of 2015, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the shared vision of the international community since 2000, will expire.
It's what you deserve
News, Published on 29/05/2013
» In politics, life and horse racing, what occurs in the past usually repeats itself in the future.
China, North Korea and the tale of two fishing boats
News, Published on 29/05/2013
» Is the Chinese government's uneasy friendship with North Korea costing it the public's confidence? A curious confluence of recent events involving two fishing vessels suggests this might be the case.
Mining threat comes back to haunt us
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 29/05/2013
» At first I could not believe my eyes. We were driving along a rugged dirt road in a protected forest in Kanchanaburi. Then, all of a sudden, a vast barren landscape covered with a thick white mass sprang up in the midst of green tropical forest.
US must prepare for repercussions of Syria meltdown
News, Published on 29/05/2013
» As Russian and American diplomats prepare for a Syrian peace conference, the Middle East is experiencing convulsions not seen since the Arab Spring two years ago. Syria, which at first seemed to be just another instance of internal change, has spawned a civil war that has spread beyond the country's borders, affecting all of its neighbours.
All about attitude
Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 29/05/2013
» Two years ago, when I started my monthly column Queer Eye where I write about LGBT issues and gender diversity, I was inspired by the arrival of the Thai version of the famous UK gay magazine Attitude, one of my favourite publications today.
What big eyes you've got
Life, James Hein, Published on 29/05/2013
» When mobile phones became more common and were increasingly used in restaurants, questions began to be asked about etiquette. To this day I know people who are offended when others have phone conversations while sitting at the dining table. People speaking on mobile phones regularly bump into poles, trip over paving stones or have accidents while driving _ mishaps all caused by lack of attention to their surroundings. With the advent of technology like Google Glass these situations will become even more prevalent. Testers for Google Glass have already reported entering places like bathrooms without immediately realising where they were. Given that these devices can record video, this scenario also raises a number of privacy issues. With legislation in many countries lagging well behind developments in technology, a number of such incidents will, no doubt, be reported online before any real changes are made to these gadgets. So, next time you see someone wearing an odd-looking pair of glasses and talking to himself, he may be providing a running commentary to accompany something he is recording _ or he could, equally well, just be talking to himself.