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Has Rama X revived Thailand’s death penalty?
Published: 22/06/2018There are strong indications that Teerasak Longji submitted a petition for royal clemency. But unlike those condemned before him, his plea for clemency was rejected by His Majesty the King. The post H ... Read moreSource: www.newmandala.org -
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Sceptres of instability: why spirit mediums haunt Thailand’s junta
Published: 15/06/2018Why are new forms of spirit mediums proliferating under the NCPO's rule? การกลับมาของร่างทรงในยุคขาลงของรัฐบาลทหาร 4.0 สะท้อนความไม่มั่นคงในชีวิตของคนไทย The post Sceptres of instability: why spirit m ... Read moreSource: www.newmandala.org -
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What’s behind the “purging” of the Thai sangha?
Published: 8/06/2018The reasons behind several recent demotions and arrests of high-ranking Bangkok monks are more politically conniving than simply an attempt to “purify" the sangha. The post What’s behind the “purging” ... Read moreSource: www.newmandala.org
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Duterte Harry: Fire and Fury in the Philippines
Published: 5/06/2018A conversation with Jonathan Miller “If there’s one thing Dutere is not, it’s unpredictable”—New Mandala’s Philippines editor interviews Jonathan Miller about his new biography of the populist ... Read moreSource: www.newmandala.org -
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Four years of the NCPO, four years of creative resistance—part two
Published: 5/06/2018Part two of Anon Chawalawan's compilation of the activist inventiveness that has survived the NCPO's four-year rule. The post Four years of the NCPO, four years of creative resistance—part two appeare ... Read moreSource: www.newmandala.org -
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Retronesia: The Years of Building Dangerously
Published: 4/06/2018A forgotten cultural frontier reveals Indonesia's version of mid-century modernism The post Retronesia: The Years of Building Dangerously appeared first on New Mandala . Read moreSource: www.newmandala.org
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Measuring religious intolerance across Indonesian provinces
Published: 1/06/2018Trying out a more sophisticated measure of how religious intolerance varies across Indonesia's provinces. The post Measuring religious intolerance across Indonesian provinces appeared first on New Man ... Read moreSource: www.newmandala.org -
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Marrying the Thai monarchy and modernity
Published: 29/05/2018While the royal wedding in the United Kingdom was partly extolled in Thailand as a symbol of the British monarchy's adaptability, the royalists’ perception of the Harry-Meghan wedding reflected a desi ... Read moreSource: www.newmandala.org -
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Sandwiches, 1984 and wristwatches: four years of the NCPO, four years of creative resistance—part one
Published: 24/05/2018สี่ปีคสช.: สัญลักษณ์และประดิษฐกรรมแห่งการท้าทายอำนาจรัฐทหาร Activists never intended to use sandwiches during protests—it was the authorities themselves who seized upon sandwiches in 2014, making an u ... Read moreSource: www.newmandala.org
