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A Forlorn Wait for Burmese Restaurants in Bangkok

It wasn’t something 26-year-old Thawng Tha Lian expected would be an issue when he left Myanmar nine months ago on a scholarship to earn a master’s degree at Bangkok’s Chulalongkorn University.

The Gulf States’ Expat Dividend

PARIS – How should policymakers in the Middle East’s Gulf States manage their countries’ large expatriate workforces? In Saudi Arabia, foreign nationals account for roughly one-third of the population. In Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, nine out of every ten residents is an expatriate. Should these countries’ governments continue to invest heavily in developing indigenous labor forces, with the aim of decreasing dependency on foreign workers?

The Many Faces of Intolerance Dragging Down Thailand

Intolerance, political or not, brings out the worst in us. A pro-democracy political science freshman at Chulalongkorn University discovered it June 9 when a...

Attacking One Another Probably Not Best Way for Dissidents to Fight Junta

Even among those who profess to be for democracy, disagreeing without insult is difficult.

Be Not Grateful to Junta Lifting of Travel Ban

Why rejoice in the junta’s arbitrary use of powers in returning the right to travel abroad to some citizens, whom were robbed of that two years ago?

The Junta’s Attempted Monopoly on Patriotism

By Pravit Rojanaphruk
Senior Staff Writer

Press Freedom Isn’t Free

By Pravit Rojanaphruk
Senior Staff Writer

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