New Mandala

New Mandala readers who have been following the lengthy discussions of foreigners supporting the Karen National Liberation Army will want to see this official statement by the Karen National Union.  It is available, in its original form, right here.

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Phaendin chintanakan (Imagined land: solving southern violence and the state in Thailand) (2008) edited by Chaiwat Sathaanan (ISBN: 9789740200789). This voluminous (596 pages), well researched and  well referenced text is a comprehensive contemporary study of the three southern provinces of Songkla, Narathiwat and Hat Yai. The text includes discussions of national security policy concerning the [...]

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Veera Prateepchaikul of the Bangkok Post writes about the decision of the Administrative Court to freeze the joint Thai-Cambodian communique in relation to Preah Vihear:
But what is of greater concern are the implications of the court decision toward politics in Cambodia where an election is scheduled on July 27. Although the decision has no binding effect [...]

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Ashley South has put together an interesting analysis of recent events in Burma.  It is available, in full, here.  He concludes by noting that:
The international community has done little to support such peace-building: much more could have – and still might be – done to promote community development. The armed ethnic groups should move away [...]

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