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Death penalty opponents urged to go public
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 27/06/2016
» Despite relentless calls by local and international human rights advocacy groups that Thailand scrap capital punishment, there is a long way to go for the Thai state to give a positive response like others in the international community.
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It need not be the end of the road
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 27/06/2016
» Route 3077, a small lane that cuts through the heart of Khao Yai National Park, a Unesco World Heritage site, is one of my favourite drives. Several times my family brought me to this national park when I was very young.
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Will it be Frexit, Nexit or Swexit?
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 27/06/2016
» The EU is dying. I hope we've knocked the first brick out of the wall,” exulted Nigel Farage, leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party. He proposed that June 23, the day when the British narrowly voted (with 51.8%) to leave the European Union, be a new national holiday called Independence Day.
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Brexit was a questionable exercise in democracy
News, Kenneth Rogoff, Published on 27/06/2016
» The real lunacy of the United Kingdom's vote to leave the EU was not that British leaders dared to ask their populace to weigh the benefits of membership against the immigration pressures it presents. Rather, it was the absurdly low bar for exit, requiring only a simple majority. Given voter turnout of 70%, this meant that the leave campaign won with only 36% of eligible voters backing it.
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Law needs fairer hand
News, Editorial, Published on 27/06/2016
» Recent incidents have highlighted a need for reform of not just laws in Thailand, but attitudes, to bring the country into the 21st century. One of those incidents gained a high level of prominence because of social media. A taxi driver hired by a woman on Sukhumvit Road groped and abused her, causing a great deal of distress. Fortunately, she retained enough of her wits to fend off the physical and verbal assault, and took photos of the driver as he repeatedly touched her. She then took the incident to the police. And at this point, it all turned unsettling.
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The lessons of Brexit
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 27/06/2016
» The world held its breath last week for one of the most widely anticipated events in years as nearly 33 million Britons went to the polling booths to decide on the fate of their country and possibly the 60-year old European Union.
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Cleaning the street (stalls)
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 27/06/2016
» After news about the sale of suspected fake fruit juice broke last month, consumers should have better awareness and be more careful in terms of food safety, at least for a while. After vendors were raided and products seized, some people stop buying bottled orange juice from street vendors. They say to themselves at least until they are sure that the liquid inside those plastic bottles are real juices.
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Coming to grips with Venezuela
News, Christopher Sabatini, Published on 27/06/2016
» At least on paper, both Europe and the Americas seem equally committed to being democracies-only clubs, willing to defend and preserve the rule of law in member nations. In practice, however, it may be unfair to compare the perplexing web of regional Latin American organisations with the European Union. The juxtaposition of the EU's recent statement of concern over the rule of law in Poland and the long-overdue response by Latin American and Caribbean governments to the decades-long political crisis festering in Venezuela is a striking case in point.
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