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Southern Thailand’s other revolution

There is a revolution going on in Southern Thailand and I'm not talking about the insurgency.

Making Rohingya statelessness

According to this analysis, the National League for Democracy's discriminatory policy on Rohingya is no less than that of the former military regime.

Mahathir created Pakatan Rakyat

Did Mahathir plant the seeds to the current opposition coalition through his draconian measures to, ironically, stifle the opposition?

Handbooks: practical and auspicious

Thailand's numerous environmental handbooks (р╕Др╕╣р╣Ир╕бр╕╖р╕н, р╕Хр╕│р╕гр╕▓) have proven to be a valuable blend of common sense, superstition and rationalist understanding.

The Village: a micro review

Far from a great novel, but The Village offers some perceptive insights into the micro-politics of rural Thailand.

Kachin affair is a Bamar affair

Even if half of the casualties reported are true, it is disturbing that there is no demonstration of anguish among the Burmese people.

Hobbism and Malaysia

Its not poor politics alone that is the reason for authoritarianism in Malaysia but Hobbism.

Anthropology and the Lao hydropower industry

In the annals of anthropologists working in the Lao development industry, Jan Ovesen's 1993 study must be one of the earliest.

A much misunderstood monarch

It has become politically correct to write in such manner that everything the late King Norodom Sihanouk achieved for his people has to be belittled.

Against the grain

The politics of farming are starkly different in South Korea and Thailand, but not in the way you might expect.