New Mandala

Prachatai’s english language site is carrying a provocative, translated article penned by Wittayakorn Boonruang.  It is just one of many interesting translations that have been published on their site in the past couple of weeks.   
This most recent article attacking the proponents of the ”Thaksinocracy” school of academic argument concludes that:
…after the coup and the new Constitution, the [...]

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In the wake of the terrible One-Two-Go plane crash in Phuket, readers may be interested in the history of similiar events in Thailand. The Aviation Safety Network has 81 incidents in its database on Thailand, many of them minor. The last major passenger airline crash was in 1998 – the Thai Airways crash near Surat Thani [...]

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