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Making Sense of Thai Juntaland: A glossary

September 8, 2015by kaewmala 2 Comments

Fifteen months on, life under the Thai junta has changed quite a bit from the life we were accustomed to before the fateful coup on May 22, 2014. In some […]

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Culture & Society, Political terms, Politics

Life under the Thai junta in 2014 (6 months anniversary)

September 7, 2015by kaewmala 2 Comments

*I wrote a three-part series in late November 2014, on the six months anniversary of living under Thailand’s latest junta and martial law. The series was first published on Siam Voices blog on […]

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Likhit Dhiravegin Interview – Part 3: On Article 7 and appointing a new PM

May 25, 2014by kaewmala Leave a comment

On May 9, 2014, the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) kicked off its “all-out final battle” to oust the “Thaksin regime” by occupying state TV stations and telling them to […]

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Likhit Dhiravegin Interview – Part 2: On the orchestration of a political vacuum

May 20, 2014by kaewmala 1 Comment

On May 7, 2014, the Constitutional Court ousted caretaker PM Yingluck Shinawatra from office for abusing her power in transferring the former national security chief Thawil Pliensri. The Court said in its […]

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Likhit Dhiravegin interview – Part 1: On Suthep’s ‘sovereign power’ grab

May 18, 2014by kaewmala 1 Comment

Suthep Thaugsuban, leader of the Thailand’s anti-government protest movement and secretary to the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), caused quite a stir when he declared on April 5 his plan […]

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Thais are losing humanity and reason in consuming hate

February 15, 2014by kaewmala 4 Comments

In Thailand’s increasingly polarized and desperate politics vitriol and invective have become common, and virulent sexism and hate speech is showing a dramatic spike. Vile sexist, racist, dehumanizing insults and […]

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The Thai Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

February 8, 2014by kaewmala 3 Comments

I wrote this article nearly four years ago in April 2010, just before hell broke loose a few weeks later when the red shirt protests ended bloodily with the brutal […]

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Culture & Society, Politics, Thai Education

Thailand’s amnesty fallout: Hubris, hatred and hidden agendas

November 13, 2013by kaewmala 3 Comments

I posted this article on Siam Voices, Asian Correspondent on Monday and added an update on Tuesday. The political situation has been fast changing. By Wednesday night the street protests have […]

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Constitutional amendment and the guardians of Thai democracy – Part 2

October 22, 2013by kaewmala Leave a comment

As discussed in Part 1: Constitutional Court and constitutional amendment, the Constitutional Court and independent agencies have played crucial roles in Thailand’s protracted political conflict between the old establishment and the […]

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Constitutional Amendment and the Guardians of Thai Democracy – Part 1

October 9, 2013by kaewmala 2 Comments

Part 1: Constitutional Court and constitutional amendment Last week Thai politics again reached a point where a Parliament vs. Constitutional Court face-off looked imminent. Fortunately sense prevailed and another constitutional […]

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