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STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 07, 2020 • 11 min read

Bioeconomy Burning dilemma: Sugarcane farmers struggle in Thailand’s green vision

By Wanpen Pajai • Dec 07, 2020
As Thailand pushes towards a bioeconomy green vision, it's making a concerted effort to reduce crop burning and improve air quality. But cut off from much of the profits generated from their crops, the kingdom's sugarcane farmers continue to burn just to survive

STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 02, 2020 • 7 min read

Analysis Time for a moratorium on non-lethal weapons in the hands of Thai police

By Mark S. Cogan • Dec 02, 2020
In mid-November, Thai police employed heavy-handed tactics as they deployed chemical-laced water cannons, tear gas canisters and the suspected use of rubber bullets – a counterproductive move that Mark S. Cogan argues will only lead to an escalation of violence

STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 30, 2020 • 4 min read

Thai democracy Thai protesters target royal guards unit in latest rally

By Agence France-Presse • Nov 30, 2020
Hundreds of Thai pro-democracy protesters marched on a barracks of the royal guards unit on November 29, hoisting inflatable rubber ducks high above their heads in a whimsical show of force calling for curbs to the power of the monarchy

Nov 25, 2020 • 9 min read
Thai democracy

Seeking answers, missing Thai dissident’s sister begins search in Phnom Penh

Almost six months since her brother was snatched off the streets of Phnom Penh, the sister of missing Thai dissident Wanchalearm Satsaksit has arrived in the Cambodian capital seeking answers on her brother's whereabouts
By Andrew Haffner and Alastair McCready • Nov 25, 2020

Nov 24, 2020 • 4 min read
Thai democracy

Tensions mount in Thai protests as Bangkok braces for major rally

As the Thai capital braces for the next major rally on November 25, and tensions rising around pro-democracy protests, we take a look at the forces in play and what might come next in a country with a long history of political unrest
By Sophie Deviller/AFP • Nov 24, 2020

Nov 24, 2020 • 5 min read
Opinion

In Thailand, is it compromise failed or failed to compromise?

King Maha Vajiralongkorn made headlines earlier this month as he declared Thailand the "land of compromise". But as the people's constitution is rejected outright and police crackdown on protests, authorities and demonstrators meeting in the middle seems unlikely
By Sek Sophal • Nov 24, 2020

Nov 20, 2020 • 4 min read
Thai democracy

Thailand’s ‘Bad Students’ get an education from the streets

In the eyes of Thailand's ultra-conservative school system with its strict dress codes and mandated long ponytails with ribbons for female students, Ploy has been cast as a rebel for daring to show a whiff of individuality
By Lisa Martin and Tossapol Chaisamritpol/AFP • Nov 20, 2020

Nov 18, 2020 • 2 min read
Thai democracy

Thai MPs to vote on reforms, day after six protesters shot

As Thai lawmakers prepare to vote on possible constitutional reforms, pro-democracy protesters are set to return to the streets of Bangkok a day after six demonstrators were shot with live rounds
By Agence France-Presse • Nov 18, 2020

Nov 10, 2020 • 10 min read
City planning

As wetlands are filled, Phnom Penh ignores Bangkok’s flooding lessons

As Bangkok attempts, at high cost, to reverse much of the damage done to the flood-prone city by restoring a more porous landscape, next door in Phnom Penh, wetlands are filled and skyscrapers erected as the Cambodian capital runs the risk of being submerged
By Wanpen Pajai • Nov 10, 2020

Nov 02, 2020 • 7 min read
Analysis

Can the monarchy survive the Thai Spring?

With pro-democracy protestors in Bangkok becoming increasingly emboldened in their calls for significant reform of the Thai monarchy, professor Mark S. Cogan asks, can the royal institution emerge from this crisis intact?
By Mark S. Cogan • Nov 02, 2020