Posts Tagged ‘Thailand’

This newsletter is one of Vietnam Peace Team’s action plan for peacebuilding as following the Mekong Peace Journey in Uddor Meanchey, Cambodia in July 2011. Here our Mekong-Peace newsletter (first October issue) is proudly produced by NST and RST members of Vietnam team. This newsletter is also for welcoming the internship program, and especially for [...]

“Youth role in the future of ASEAN and Korea cooperation” by Nuanpan Thamanovanish The 19th Century was recognized as the European Century and the 20th Century was the American Century. The term “Asian Century” has been emerged in this 21th Century where Europe and America are now in decline due to Europe’s sovereign debt crisis and [...]

A Message from Phum Srol

Posted: March 8, 2011 by nettingtvs in Uncategorized
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Translated by ATCHARA SIMLEE During the month of February over the weekend Thai and Cambodian friends including myself were able to share and donate to the displaced and troubled villagers of the Thailand-Cambodia temple dispute. The areas we were able to visit and assist, including Phum Srol village, Kantharalak district and Sae Prai village, Phu [...]

WEDNESDAY, 23 JUNE 2010 14:25 By Tanvi Pate The ousting of Thaksin Shinawatra created new divisions in the Thai society which are beyond repair, and the recent two months extended crisis bears witness to this. Since international influence played a vital role in bringing about democracy in Thailand in 1992, inevitably it is interesting to [...]

June 18, 2010 http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/opinion/asean-must-use-thai-crisis-to-rethink-noninterference/381299 The recent crisis in Thailand affected not only the country’s domestic politics but also shook the regional stability of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. During the Bangkok standoff last month, Indonesia called for Asean to push Thailand to settle the conflict peacefully, while Vietnam and Cambodia recommended establishing a summit [...]

To view a slide show of images from Jarrett’s trip to visit the organic farmers of Ubon Ratchathani, click here. In a remote Thai village, a 24-year-old New Jersey man named Bennett Haynes farms rice and vegetables. But Haynes also plays a more sinister role: in a recent farming folk opera about rice, he’s been [...]

Here is some recent writing on the current crisis and what it means for the AAN.  Your reporter is currently in the U.S. and next week will begin working for Hearty Roots Farm in Tivoli, New York.  The next few months will be covered by our new intern, Abe Levine – I look forward to [...]

The Battle for Thailand

Posted: May 26, 2010 by nettingtvs in Uncategorized
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By Walden Bello* (This article will appear in Inq7.net on May 26, 2010.) Nearly a week after the event, Thailand is still stunned by the military assault on the Red-shirt encampment in the tourist center of the capital city of Bangkok on May 19. Captured Red-shirt leaders and militants are treated like POWs and the [...]