New Mandala

From a New Mandala reader:
A few Sundays ago when there was that day of anti-coup speeches at Sanam Luang, I was impressed by how calm and rationale most people were. There were two kinds of anti groups there: anti-coup/anti Thaksin and anti-coup/pro Thaksin. But even the pro people said: “maybe there are too many loopholes in [...]

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In response to a critical article in the Asian Wall Street Journal, The Nation has printed a piece that attempts to clarify the sufficiency economy agenda and its relationship to the policies of the Surayud regime: 
“The Learning Centre of King Bhumibol’s Philosophy of Economic Sufficiency says the concept focuses on living a moderate, self-dependent life without greed or [...]

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The soldier’s meeting hall in Khamtay Siphandone’s cave, Vieng Say, Laos
Keewphan begins with each of the cardinal points. He sings the north, the south, the east and the west. He sings of the forest with the large animals, the tigers, elephants, wild buffalo, and horned deer. He sings of the tall trees, the thick jungle that [...]

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