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Peace on Earth? Democracy everywhere?
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 29/12/2025
» Democracy is in retreat or at least on the defensive almost everywhere, while wars are getting bigger and more frequent. The trend lines are frighteningly bad.
Solving the conflict in Myanmar
News, Charles Petrie, Published on 15/09/2025
» The Myanmar military has recently launched a new offensive in different parts of the country, determined to claw back territory it has steadily lost since the coup of Feb 1, 2021. These operations, though at times tactically successful, are being carried out through brute force: airstrikes, mortar attacks, and the increasing use of drones. Entire areas are being destroyed. What will follow is not liberation, but military occupation. But how viable and effective will be the administrative structures that the generals will impose to govern these shattered spaces?
No happy ending after Sheikh Hasina's downfall
News, Mihir Sharma, Published on 09/08/2024
» It might look like the replacement of Bangladesh's long-serving prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus is a happy ending for a country that seemed to be inexorably sliding towards authoritarianism. After all, Ms Hasina's rule had become so paranoid that she even burned political capital on persecuting Dr Yunus, widely feted for his role in rural development in Bangladesh and beyond. But, although Ms Hasina's exit was overdue, what comes after might wind up being worse.
More women needed at the top
News, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Binaifer Nowrojee, Published on 17/06/2024
» Mexico has just elected its first female president, following a rare contest between two women, and a record number of women were recently elected to South Korea's National Assembly. But while these results represent welcome gains for gender equality, they are outliers. The broader picture is disheartening.
Support for nuns long overdue
News, Editorial, Published on 18/09/2022
» The constitution guarantees gender equality. Why do female monastics not receive state support as monks do then? The Thai Nuns Institute raised this question last month at parliament. They are still waiting for an answer.
BRN boasts of bomb attack
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 02/06/2022
» The Barisan Nasional Revolusi (BRN), a southern Muslim separatist movement, has claimed responsibility for an attack on a marine police station in Narathiwat on May 25, in a message posted on the BRN website.
Temple graft shows need for reform
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 11/04/2022
» The country's latest temple corruption scandal occurred at a first-class royal monastery; the centre of a sect founded by reformist monarch King Mongkut to clean up the clergy. What an irony!
Hijab not oppressive
News, Published on 27/12/2021
» Re: "Signs of integration with the freedom of veil", (BP, Dec 23).
K-pop singer's past fuels Thai political divide
News, Published on 07/12/2021
» The #BANSITALA hashtag targeting the daughter of a former pro-coup supporter who is debuting as a girl group member in South Korea could be a moment of reckoning for conservative elites. The scandal, raging mostly on Twitter, is a minuscule version of the bind that the groups which now hold the power in Thailand will have to face up, sooner or later.
Sister of abducted satirist charged after giving speech
News, POST REPORTERS, Published on 21/10/2021
» Thong Lor police on Wednesday sent a case against the elder sister of Wanchalearm Satsaksit, the Thai satirist abducted in Cambodia, to prosecutors after she was charged for allegedly hosting an activity in breach of Covid curbs.