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Make the South safer
News, Editorial, Published on 09/08/2016
» A thwarted attack in the deep South last week emphasised a problem that has been ignored by both military authorities and previous governments. A petrol station owner in rural Yala province became suspicious and called 191 after a man parked a pickup beside her pumps and fled on a waiting motorcycle. Sure enough, there was a large unexploded bomb in the truck. An Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team rushed to the scene.
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Regime should exploit 'win' to forge unity
News, Suranand Vejjajiva, Published on 09/08/2016
» No wonder Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha was confident when he announced he would vote "Yes" two days before the referendum on Sunday. The results confirmed what he might have known through internal polls. The draft constitution passed with 61.4% of the vote, compared to a "No" vote of 38.6% at the time of writing; official results could differ only a little. The voter turnout was 55%, or 27.6 million Thais who came out to cast their vote.
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Gloating and gloom as poll results set in
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 09/08/2016
» One thing has not changed, and if this one thing turns out to be the military regime's legacy, the overwhelming victory in Sunday's charter vote, and by extension an increased sense of legitimacy for the top brass, will become yet another episode of the entrenchment of political divisiveness in Thailand.
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The voters behind the referendum
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 09/08/2016
» Despite scare tactics deployed by the state, about 10 million voters refused to endorse the military-sponsored draft charter in the referendum.
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Working to eliminate 'money politics'
News, Stephen Young, Published on 09/08/2016
» The new constitution has been approved by Thai voters, giving democratic legitimacy to a renewed effort to prevent "money politics" from becoming the preferred form of modern democracy in Thailand.
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China's cheating husbands and 'mistress dispellers'
News, New York Times, Published on 09/08/2016
» When Wang, a 39-year-old woman from Shanghai, discovered texts on her husband's phone that suggested he was having an affair with one of his employees, she was distraught. "I couldn't sleep at night and couldn't stop crying," she said. "I was very hurt."
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