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BURMA: Allow Independent Probes into Human Rights – U.N Envoy
The U.N. human rights envoy to Burma, Paulo Pinheiro, has asked the country's military regime to permit independent investigations into human rights violations, in the face of recent reports that sexual violence, rape and conscription of child soldiers is commonplace there.ENVIRONMENT-THAILAND: Villagers’ Knowledge Challenges Academics
A novel research project by villagers in north-east Thailand, looking into the impact of a controversial dam on their lives, is challenging the monopoly that academics have long had on research in this country.ENVIRONMENT-THAILAND: Villagers’ Knowledge Challenges Academics
A novel research project by villagers in north-east Thailand, looking into the impact of a controversial dam on their lives, is challenging the monopoly that academics have long had on research in this country.FINANCE-ASIA: Reforms Yield Good Figures, Slow Economic Activity
A cartoon in Thursday's 'Bangkok Post' newspaper - showing a banker crushed by two weighty bags of Thai currency - reflects a growing view that Asia's financial policies have, unwittingly, become a burden to the region.FINANCE-ASIA: Reforms Yield Good Figures, Slow Economic Activity
A cartoon in Thursday's 'Bangkok Post' newspaper -- showing a banker crushed by two weighty bags of Thai currency -- reflects a growing view that Asia's financial policies have, unwittingly, become a burden to the region.RIGHTS: Crunch Time for U.N. Envoy in Burma, Say Activists
The U.N. human rights envoy to Burma will have to come up with more than diplomatic niceties during his current visit to the military-ruled South-east Asian country, if his mission is to be a success.RIGHTS: Crunch Time for U.N. Envoy in Burma, Say Activists
The U.N. human rights envoy to Burma will have to come up with more than diplomatic niceties during his current visit to the military-ruled South-east Asian country, if his mission is to be a success.TRADE: ASEAN to Profit from Free Trade Pact with China – Experts
South-east Asian nations have little to fear from a free trade agreement (FTA) they expect to ink with China early next month because of the potential profits to be made from such a deal, say experts.TRADE: ASEAN to Profit from Free Trade Pact with China – Experts
South-east Asian nations have little to fear from a free trade agreement (FTA) they expect to ink with China early next month because of the potential profits to be made from such a deal, say experts.POLITICS: Transparency Questioned in Opening of Thai-Burma Border
This week's opening of the Thai-Burma border after a five-month dispute is a key step in normalising ties between the neighbours, but the lack of transparency in the negotiations that led to the opening has caused concern in some quarters.POLITICS: Transparency Questioned in Opening of Thai-Burma Border
This week's opening of the Thai-Burma border after a five-month dispute is a key step in normalising ties between the neighbours, but the lack of transparency in the negotiations that led to the opening has caused concern in some quarters.POLITICS: Indonesia Attacks Push Moderate Muslims to Speak up
If investigators confirm the charges by the U.S. and Indonesian governments that Saturday night's carnage in Bali was the work of Muslim militants, the 'Islam encourages violence' debate sparked by the Sep. 11 attacks is sure to intensify and put pressure on moderate Muslims.THAILAND: Cautious Applause Greets First-ever Culture Ministry
The Thai government's plans to breathe life into the country's contemporary arts are being received with a mix of dismay and cautious applause.THAILAND: Cautious Applause Greets First-ever Culture Ministry
The Thai government's plans to breathe life into the country's contemporary arts are being received with a mix of dismay and cautious applause.ASIA: Rice-exporting Nations Still to Sow Price Stability Plans
While Asia's leading rice exporting countries have agreed to back a Thai initiative to co-ordinate the world's rice trade, one of the key elements of this unprecedented move - promoting export price stability - promises to be a daunting task.ASIA: Rice-exporting Nations Still to Sow Price Stability Plans
While Asia's leading rice exporting countries have agreed to back a Thai initiative to co-ordinate the world's rice trade, one of the key elements of this unprecedented move -- promoting export price stability -- promises to be a daunting task.RIGHTS-ASIA: Experts Tackle Supply, Demand in Trafficking
She considers herself among the lucky ones, 'Ai', a Thai woman in her early thirties who was saved by a Catholic nun after 10 years of virtual sexual slavery in Japan./ARTS WEEKLY/SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Languages Open New Literary Worlds
Roberto Anonuevo and Darmanto Jatman represent two different poles in the universe of South-east Asian literature due to the language that peppers their poetry./ARTS WEEKLY/SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Languages Open New Literary Worlds
Roberto Anonuevo and Darmanto Jatman represent two different poles in the universe of South-east Asian literature due to the language that peppers their poetry.RIGHTS-ASIA: Experts Tackle Supply, Demand in Trafficking
She considers herself among the lucky ones, 'Ai', a Thai woman in her early thirties who was saved by a Catholic nun after 10 years of virtual sexual slavery in Japan.THAILAND: Reform Agenda Gets Strong Endorsement
Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra inched a step closer towards staking a claim as a great reformer when his sweeping plans to change Thailand's 110-year-old bureaucracy was approved by the country's monarch this week.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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