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Time to return the Phaya Tani cannon
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 14/06/2013
» The destruction of the recently installed replica of the Phaya Tani cannon by Pattani militants was not totally surprising. It was derided as a "fake" by many locals and viewed as a symbol of shame and subjugation.
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Katoey face closed doors
News, Published on 14/06/2013
» Thailand is known and admired worldwide for its cultural openness to transgender women. Note that the emphasis is on the word cultural. For when they enter the legal sphere, discrimination still hits at transgender women at every turn.
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Why does the name Burma linger?
News, Published on 14/06/2013
» The three-day long 22nd World Economic Forum for East Asia concluded on June 7 in Nay Pyi Taw.
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Empower our people to bring about national reform
News, Published on 14/06/2013
» The Assembly for National Reform is a people-based reform process _ an unprecedented social innovation here.
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Recalibrating majority rule, minority rights
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 14/06/2013
» From Turkey to Thailand and elsewhere where political legitimacy derives from electoral democracy, the relationship between majority rule and minority rights has become problematic and in need of recalibration. If a more effective majoring-minority moving balance is not found, electoral democracy is likely to be discredited and undermined to the detriment of societies it was cultivated and designed to govern.
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Arming the South with a replica cannon
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 14/06/2013
» The wreckage of the replica of the historic Phaya Tani cannon damaged in a bomb blast at the Krue Se mosque in Pattani's Muang district is plain to see.
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If Bangkok was redesigned to reflect reality
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 14/06/2013
» For far too long now, Bangkok has tried to keep up with modern societies by implementing foolish systems like democracy, laws and traffic lights. Well, spoiler alert: It's just not working! Instead of wasting time trying to blanket the capital with a "one city fits all" mould, why don't we just restructure Bangkok into a place that suits our current reality? For starters, we could...
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Think you know what's happening in the world around you?
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 14/06/2013
» Well, Guru doesn't and we need your help! See if you can answer these amazingly difficult questions and win yourself the joy of being right!
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