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Don't let the 'Thaksin ghost' haunt our reconciliation
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 06/08/2013
» The different amnesty bills, although they vary in detail, cause similarly large levels of public anxiety. The problem is not the legal loopholes in each version, but the fear that, given the highly polarised politics involved, the government's amnesty push could lead to a deadly collision.
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South wasn't ready for megaphone peace talks
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 13/08/2013
» There is not much to lament about the demise of the peace talks between the government and the southern separatists. After all, this was a forced marriage between the Buddhist Thai state and the Malay Muslim separatist movement. The match-makers were former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and the Malaysian government.
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Populism has no place in agricultural policy
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 10/09/2013
» They are all queuing up one after another _ rice farmers, rubber growers, palm oil planters, tapioca farmers, corn growers, sugar cane planters, and many more _ to pressure the government to shore up prices of their produce.
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Chin Peng tale shows difficulties of confronting history
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 19/09/2013
» Lying still in a chilled casket in his navy blue suit at a high-end hospital in Bangkok, Chin Peng's face looked smaller than he appeared when I first met him four years ago.
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Progress on the ground, but talks stumble
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 08/10/2013
» While there are concerns that the southern peace process has stalled _ or been shot down _ as the insurgents have not slowed down their attacks (though authorities and academics claim otherwise), those involved in the dialogue are convinced there have been positive developments.
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Colours now split generation that once fought together
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 14/10/2013
» As Thais commemorate the October upheavals this month, a new sentiment has emerged that challenges the old power cliques and warns that they can no longer manipulate politics.
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Thai politics reaches boiling point once again
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/11/2013
» The fiasco over the blanket amnesty bill push has unfortunately brought Thai politics to boiling point once again.
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Rights, liberty and restraint emerge from the storm
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 04/12/2013
» The Yingluck Shinawatra government's show of restraint towards anti-government protesters has paid off as a stream of international support pours in.
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Muslim separatists fear breakdown of talks
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 10/12/2013
» Despite their different strategies and goals for the southern peace process, members of Muslim separatist movements who have engaged in southern peace talks with the government over the past 10 months share the same sentiment on the political crisis in Bangkok. They all fear that the peace process may be doomed.
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Yingluck must seize the chance to lead
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 14/01/2014
» The political conflict which has seen a series of violent attacks and acts of sabotage has rekindled public fears over a coup.
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