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Saturday , November 21 , 2009
Believe It or Not!
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Friday , November 6 , 2009
PM Abhisit is on the right track with his bravado in exercising démarche against Cambodia
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Left: Thai PM Abhist Vejjajiva addressing Japanese busiessmen at Imperial Hotel in Tokyo Right: Cambodian PM Hun Sen seems reluctant to join other leaders of the five nations for a photo session at the Five Nations Mekong Basin Development Summit hosted by Japan in Tokyo today. From left: Cambodian PM Hun Sen, Laotian PM Bouasonne Bouphavanh Burmese PM General Thein S....
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Monday , November 2 , 2009
Politics in Thailand: Past and Present: Pridi’s economic master plan as proposed in 1933, Part 7
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krajog
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Left: Luang Pradithmanudharma (Dr. Pridi Bhanomyong) Right: A group of naval officers, who supported the successful change of government system to constitutional monarchy staged by the People's Party gathered in the early morning on June 24, 1932 in front of Parusakavan Palace (now Headquarters of Metropolitan Police) near the Royal Plaza. The Royal Thai Navy dispatched 2 war ships to take ....
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Monday , October 26 , 2009
Should Thailand exercise its démarche against Hun Sen’s diplomatic faux pas at 15th Asean Summit venue in Cha-Am?
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krajog
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 Top left : A portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi (pronounced Ong San Soo Chee) Top right: At her house durng the house arrest Above: Suu Kyi is addressing her supporter in the 1990 election in which her party, National League for Democracy (NLD) won with a landslide at 82% of seats in the parliament. Suu Kyi joined NLD as secretary-genera....
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Friday , October 23 , 2009
A Thai old soldier did it again
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krajog
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A
report on Cambodia in Gulf Times, a Doha-based, Qatar, carries this piece of
news today.
Cambodia
denied offering Thaksin home
A
senior Cambodian official yesterday denied that Cambodian Prime Minister Hun
Sen offered Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra a home in
Cambodia. Cambodian Information Minister Khieu Kanharith said Hun Sen had been
misquoted by the me....
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Friday , October 9 , 2009
Politics in Thailand: Past and Present: Pridi’s economic master plan as proposed in 1933, Part 6
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krajog
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Sunday , October 4 , 2009
Politics in Thailand: Past and Present: Pridi’s economic master plan as proposed in 1933, Part 5
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Monday , September 28 , 2009
Politics in Thailand: Past and Present: Pridi’s economic master plan as proposed in early 1933, Part 4
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Wednesday , September 16 , 2009
Politics in Thailand: Past and Present: Pridi's economic master plan as proposed in early 1933, Part 3
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(Continued from Part 2)After being forced to step down by the first military coup on June 20, 1933, Phya Mano, probably, felt being betrayed by some leaders of the People’s Party, particularly Phya Phahol, the coup leader, exiled himself to Penang, an island in Andaman Sea off the coast of Malaya (now Malaysia). He stayed there for 15 years until his last day, Oct. 1, 1948 at the age of 61. P....
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Friday , September 11 , 2009
Politics in Thailand: Past and Present: Pridi’s economic master plan as proposed in early 1933, Part 2
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First of all, I have to apologize to all readers for many mistakes I had made in the Part 1 of Pridi’s economic master plan in this Politics in Thailand series. The mistakes were due to my mix-up of the year in Buddhist calendar used in this country and Christian calendar, involving the year when Pridi’s economic master plan was submitted to the Cabinet as well as incomplete insertion o....
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